Dancing Aztecs
by Donald E. Westlake
2020-12-29 07:55:26
The hunt is on for a valuable statue in this comic crime thriller from âthe funniest man in the worldâ (The Washington Post). A small South American republic has decided to capitalize on its national symbol: a prized gold statue of a dancin...
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The hunt is on for a valuable statue in this comic crime thriller from âthe funniest man in the worldâ (The Washington Post). A small South American republic has decided to capitalize on its national symbol: a prized gold statue of a dancing Aztec priest. The president asks a sculptor to make sixteen copies of it for sale abroad. The sculptor replaces the original with one of his fakes, and ships the real one to New York City for an under-the-table sale to a museum. The statues travel to America spread out among five crates, labeled to ensure that delivery goes as planned. But it doesnât work. Asked to pick up the crate marked âEâ at the airport, delivery man Jerry Manelli, confused by his clientâs Spanish accent, takes crate âAâ instead. The statue disappears into the city, leading him on a baffling chase, whichâif he comes up with the wrong Aztecâcould cost him his life.
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