Party Animal

Party AnimalThere was no use going any farther down the fire escape. More cops were in the yard: A pair of flashlights white-lined the dark down there. From above, the clonk-clonk of sensible black shoes continued to descend on rusted metal stairs. A realist, Dortmunder stopped where he was on the landing and composed his soul for 10 to 25 as a guest of the state. American plan.What a Christmas present.A window, left of his left elbow. Through it, a dimly lighted bedroom, empty, with brighter li...