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** F. Xavier White the {{Undertaker}} is overshadowed by other characters even in the scene from his point-of-view. Still, he's pretty well-liked for the hilarious scene where he's ordered to find a bunch of celebrities to attend a mob funeral and, upon failing, resorts to having all of his employees and relatives disguise themselves as celebrities.
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** F. Xavier White the {{Undertaker}} is overshadowed by other characters even in the scene from his point-of-view. Still, he's pretty well-liked for the hilarious scene scenes where he's ordered to find a bunch of celebrities to attend a mob funeral and, upon failing, resorts to having all of his employees and relatives disguise themselves as celebrities.
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* FairForItsDay: The book has some of Donald Westlake's funniest scenes and characters, but has some undeniable ValuesDissonance in stereotypical portrayals of African-Americans, Hispanics, Jews, homosexuals and the Irish, and the well-developed [=McCann=] brothers causally use the n-word. Still, the various minority characters are well-developed and distinct, with many being non-stereotypical, and racism is portrayed as an unenlightened attitude. Part of Jerry's CharacterDevelopment comes from how the hunt exposes him to how those different kinds of people can live different, happy lives than the one he's taken for granted for so long.
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* FairForItsDay: The book has some of Donald Westlake's funniest scenes and characters, but has some undeniable ValuesDissonance in stereotypical portrayals of African-Americans, Hispanics, Jews, homosexuals and the Irish, and the well-developed [=McCann=] brothers causally and frequently use the n-word. Still, the various minority characters are well-developed and distinct, with many being non-stereotypical, and racism is portrayed as an unenlightened attitude. Part of Jerry's CharacterDevelopment comes from how the treasure hunt exposes him to how those different kinds of people (like the CampGay couple) can live different, happy lives than the one he's taken for granted for so long.
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* AssPull: The WhamLine that [[spoiler: Bobbi's]] statue isn't the real one after all of the others are seemingly eliminated and it's several chapters before the characters find this out. This is explained well several chapters later, but until then, it can be pretty disconcerting (something that's lampshaded by the characters).
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* FairForItsDay: The book is still considered to be one of Donald Westlake's funniest novels, but like many 70's novels, the book isn't free of stereotypical portrayals of African-Americans, Hispanics, Jews, homosexuals and the Irish, and the main characters all use a few slurs. Still, the various minority characters are well-developed and distinct, with many being non-stereotypical, and racism is portrayed as unenlightened. Part of Jerry's character development comes from how the hunt exposes him to how those different kinds of people can live different, happy lives than the one he's taken for granted for so long.
* ShockingSwerve: The WhamLine that [[spoiler: Bobbi's]] statue isn't the real one after all of the others are seemingly eliminated and it's several chapters before the characters find this out. This is explained well several chapters later, but until then, it can be pretty disconcerting (something that's lampshaded by the characters).
* ShockingSwerve: The WhamLine that [[spoiler: Bobbi's]] statue isn't the real one after all of the others are seemingly eliminated and it's several chapters before the characters find this out. This is explained well several chapters later, but until then, it can be pretty disconcerting (something that's lampshaded by the characters).
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* FairForItsDay: The book is still considered to be one has some of Donald Westlake's funniest novels, scenes and characters, but like many 70's novels, the book isn't free of has some undeniable ValuesDissonance in stereotypical portrayals of African-Americans, Hispanics, Jews, homosexuals and the Irish, and the main characters all well-developed [=McCann=] brothers causally use a few slurs. the n-word. Still, the various minority characters are well-developed and distinct, with many being non-stereotypical, and racism is portrayed as unenlightened. an unenlightened attitude. Part of Jerry's character development CharacterDevelopment comes from how the hunt exposes him to how those different kinds of people can live different, happy lives than the one he's taken for granted for so long.
* ShockingSwerve: The WhamLine that [[spoiler: Bobbi's]] statue isn't the real one after all of the others are seemingly eliminated and it's several chapters before the characters find this out. This is explained well several chapters later, but until then, it can be pretty disconcerting (something that's lampshaded by the characters).long.
* ShockingSwerve: The WhamLine that [[spoiler: Bobbi's]] statue isn't the real one after all of the others are seemingly eliminated and it's several chapters before the characters find this out. This is explained well several chapters later, but until then, it can be pretty disconcerting (something that's lampshaded by the characters).
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** F. Xavier White TheUndertaker is overshadowed by other characters even in the scene from his point-of-view. Still, he's pretty well-liked for the hilarious scene where he's ordered to find a bunch of celebrities to attend a mob funeral and, upon failing, resorts to having all of his employees and relatives disguise themselves as celebrities.
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** F. Xavier White TheUndertaker the {{Undertaker}} is overshadowed by other characters even in the scene from his point-of-view. Still, he's pretty well-liked for the hilarious scene where he's ordered to find a bunch of celebrities to attend a mob funeral and, upon failing, resorts to having all of his employees and relatives disguise themselves as celebrities.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Several statue owners whom the main characters go after are pretty popular among the fanbase despite only appearing a few times in one of Donald Westlake's longest books.
** F. Xavier White TheUndertaker is overshadowed by other characters even in the scene from his point-of-view. Still, he's pretty well-liked for the hilarious scene where he's ordered to find a bunch of celebrities to attend a mob funeral and, upon failing, resorts to having all of his employees and relatives disguise themselves as celebrities.
** Cross-country travelers Eddie and Jenny have even less prominence than Xavier and are among the less funny characters in a comic novel. Still, readers like them quite a bit for how respectfully their interracial relationship is portrayed in a book that's mostly just FairForItsDay on racial issues.
** F. Xavier White TheUndertaker is overshadowed by other characters even in the scene from his point-of-view. Still, he's pretty well-liked for the hilarious scene where he's ordered to find a bunch of celebrities to attend a mob funeral and, upon failing, resorts to having all of his employees and relatives disguise themselves as celebrities.
** Cross-country travelers Eddie and Jenny have even less prominence than Xavier and are among the less funny characters in a comic novel. Still, readers like them quite a bit for how respectfully their interracial relationship is portrayed in a book that's mostly just FairForItsDay on racial issues.
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* FairForItsDay: The book is still considered to be one of Donald Westlake's funniest novels, but like many 70's novels, the book isn't free of stereotypical portrayals of African-Americans, Hispanics, Jews, homosexuals and the Irish, and the main characters all use a few slurs. Still, the various minority characters are well-developed and distinct, with many being non-stereotypical, and racism is portrayed as unenlightened. Part of Jerry's character development comes from how the hunt exposes him to how those different kinds of people can live different, happy lives than the one he's taken for granted for so long.
* ShockingSwerve: The WhamLine that [[spoiler: Bobbi's]] statue isn't the real one after all of the others are seemingly eliminated and it's several chapters before the characters find this out. This is explained well several chapters later, but until then, it can be pretty disconcerting (something that's lampshaded by the characters).
* ShockingSwerve: The WhamLine that [[spoiler: Bobbi's]] statue isn't the real one after all of the others are seemingly eliminated and it's several chapters before the characters find this out. This is explained well several chapters later, but until then, it can be pretty disconcerting (something that's lampshaded by the characters).
