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Atraco perfecto (originally Clean Break ), published in the Spanish "La genuina novela negra" collection, is a 1955 hard-boiled crime novel by Lionel White. Recognized as a cornerstone of the heist subgenre, the novel follows Johnny Clay's meticulous racetrack robbery and its undoing via human greed. The work inspired Stanley Kubrick's 1956 film The Killing and informed the storytelling style of Reservoir Dogs . Learn more about the novel and its impact at Goodreads. Lionel White (Author of The Killing) - Goodreads