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Johnny Clay has a masterful plan to rob a racetrack on the busiest day of the year. To pull it off, he will recruit not hardened professionals but average joes down on their luck and looking for an easy out. Everything has to go down like clockwork to pull off this big score. Will everything go as planned or is there a weak link in this tightly-knotted chain? Adapted into the masterful and critically-acclaimed film The Killing directed by Stanley Kubrick, Clean Break is a hard-boiled heist not to be missed!
Lionel White
Lionel White (1905-1985) was an American crime writer known for his tightly plotted heist novels and influential contributions to mid-twentieth-century noir fiction. His works, including Clean Break (adapted into Stanley Kubrick's film The Killing), are recognized for their precision, realism, and psychological tension.
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