Tony Kenrick: Difference between revisions

In a typical Kenrick novel, a protagonist sets out to make some easy money, more or less legally, but winds up helping to save the day against really dangerous villains. Some of his books contain elements of [[science fiction]], most notably ''The Night-Time Guy'' (1979) and ''Glitterbug'' (1991), which feature protagonists who are not scientists but find themselves the victims of science-fictional circumstances. His comical crime novels have been compared with those of [[Donald E. Westlake]].<ref name="IMDb" /><ref name="detect">{{cite web |title=A Tough One to Lose (1972) by Tony Kenrick |publisher=Moonlight Detective |work= Beneath the Stains of Time |date=December 28, 2021 |url=https://moonlight-detective.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-tough-one-to-lose-1972-by-tony-kenrick.html |quote= ...abandoned his career in advertising in 1972 to become a full-time writer specializ[ing] in comedic capers and heist thrillers – which earned him a favorable comparison to the work of Donald E. Westlake. |access-date=March 31, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome Back, Gabe Kaplan Nobody's Perfekt! |date=April 22, 2020 |url=https://cultfilmalley.com.au/2020/04/22/welcome-back-gabe-kaplan-nobodys-perfekt/ |access-date=March 31, 2024 |website=Cult Film Alley |quote=Kenrick's work has been compared to Donald E Westlake... as both are authors of comedy heists... While Kenrick is more farcical as in the case of ''Nobody's Perfekt'', we mustn't forget Westlake's similarly farcical ''Bank Shot'' (1974) which was based on one of his novels and stars [[George C. Scott]]. |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Kelley |first=George |date=July 1978 |title=The Caper Novels of Tony Kenrick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zZS3qaK5eEIC |publisher=Guy M. Townsend |journal=The Mystery Fancier |volume=2 |issue=4 |pages=3–4 |isbn=978-1-4344-0367-4 |quote=If Donald E. Westlake is the master of the comic caper novel, then Tony Kenrick ranks as an excellent sorcerer's apprentice. In six wild books, Kenrick displays a talent for the funny and the surreal. |access-date=February 18, 2024}}</ref>

 

 

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