In essence, a fairly simplistic heist story (with a few bumps along the way and a small twist). The characters aren't particularly well-developed, but each has an interesting quirk that served to help me distinguish them. I appreciate that.
The text of the book is clearly dated, with the dialogue showing this like nothing else, but it has character. Westlake delivers a wacky story that elicited a chuckle from me more than once. Not stellar, but it shows promise, and I wouldn't pass up later books in the series if I ran across them.