In that same vein, who’s your favorite fictional criminal?
I vote for Dortmunder, the bumbling burgular from the series of the same name by Donald E Westlake. He could definetly pull defeat from the jaws of victory.
I vote for Parker, the ruthless and first-nameless heistmeister and killer from the long-running series by Richard Stark. Perfectly played by Lee Marvin in John Boorman’s brilliant 1967 film POINT BLANK.
Richard Stark is, of course, a pen name of Donald E. Westlake.
(Hey, cat, there’s a new Dortmunder novel coming out this month, called BAD NEWS! Got your copy yet?)
By the way, Dortmunder is NOT a bumbler. He’s an excellent planner, and his usual string…Kelp, Tiny, Murch, Murch’s Mom, etc…are all very capable criminals.
My favorite fictional criminal is probably either Bard Falundir from my favorite fantasy trilogy or Michael from La Femme Nikita.
They’re both ‘good guys’, I suppose, but Falundir irked the lady who was in charge of, well, the world, and Michael kills people. It counts.
Ike It’s true, luck never favors Dortmunder, however, Kelp’s ideas often leave much to be desired. He suffers from the “It’s too good to be true syndrome.”
Yeah, upon further review, I think we could move my original reply to the Way Too Obvious file. I never mean to be stupid, sometimes it just works out that way.