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The men in the tan-and-cream Chrysler came with guns blazing. When Ray Kelly woke up in the hospital, it was a month later, he was missing an eye, and his father was dead.

Then things started to get bad.

From the mind of the incomparable Donald E. Westlake comes a devastating story of betrayal and revenge, an exploration of the limits of family loyalty and how far a man will go when everything he loves is taken from him.

• First U.S. publication in more than 40 years. (First paperback publication in the U.S. ever!)
• Lawrence Block called 361 "My personal favorite of [Westlake’s] hard-boiled period and, to my mind, the first book in which he found a voice that was uniquely his." (From MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE WRITERS)
• Author was named a Grandmaster by the Mystery Writers of America and nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay of "The Grifters"
• Charlie Stella, author of Charlie Opera: "361 is a gem of hardboiled excellence by one of the true masters."

"Westlake is always original."

— Elmore Leonard

"A novel that grabs the reader by the throat and refuses to let go."

— San Diego Union-Tribune

"Westlake knows precisely how to grab a reader, draw him or her into the story, and then slowly tighten his grip until escape is impossible."

— Washington Post Book World