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Dirty Work

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Dirty Work
Author
Stuart Woods
Publisher
Signet
Publish Date
2003
0451210158

Dirty Work is a mystery/suspense novel by Stuart Woods. It centers around a private investigator undertaking an unusual assignment of helping a client dump her unfaithful husband. Along the way, he gets tangled up with a beautiful British spy he doesn't know whether or not to trust, and also has close encounters with a dangerous international assassin.

In Lost

  • The book can be seen in the Swan station by Sawyer's bed as he is recovering from the injuries caused as a result of the raft incident (shown very briefly).
  • A copy of this book is displayed on Jack's office bookshelf, along with Two Dollar Bill, also by Stuart Woods. ("A Tale of Two Cities")

Trivia

  • The publish date of this book (2003) was long after the time that the Swan was supposedly built (before 1980, the date of the Swan orientation film). This is likely due to prop error (background filler material used, not meant to be analyzed), given the extremely brief appearance of the book, though fans have used this to support hatch restocking theories.

Similarities and shared themes


Books
(Theories about books) 		v • t • e
Literary References After All These Years • Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret • The Bible • A Brief History of Time • The Brothers Karamazov • Carrie • Catch-22 • Dirty Work • The Epic of Gilgamesh • Evil Under the Sun • Hindsight • Lancelot • Laughter in the Dark • Lord of the Flies • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge • The Odyssey • The Mysterious Island • Of Mice and Men • Our Mutual Friend • Rainbow Six • The Shape of Things to Come • Stranger in a Strange Land • The Third Policeman • To Kill a Mockingbird • The Turn of the Screw • VALIS • Watership Down • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz • A Wrinkle in Time • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Spin-Off Novels Bad Twin • Endangered Species • Secret Identity • Signs of Life • The Valenzetti Equation
Confirmed Influence The Illuminatus! Trilogy • The Stand • Watchmen
Reference Finding Lost: The Unofficial Guide • Finding Lost-Season Three: The Unofficial Guide • Getting Lost: Survival, Baggage, and Starting Over in J. J. Abrams' Lost • Lost's Buried Treasures • The Lost Chronicles: The Official Companion Book • Unlocking the Meaning of Lost: An Unauthorized Guide • Living Lost • Lost and Philosophy: The Island Has Its Reasons
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