9780752838380: Hitlist
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ISBN 10 : 0752838385 ISBN 13 : 9780752838380
Editeur : Orion, 2000

Synopsis

Superficially, John Keller - the urban lonely guy of assassins - leads a normal life despite his profession. He has an office manager, the breezily efficient Dot, who organises his 'jobs' and who reassures his grumbling conscience. He is an obsessive stamp collector. In a blackly comic twist, he even gets called for jury service. Laid back, couldn't care less, morally distanced from his vocation, Keller is an intriguing character. A visit to an astrologer tells him, and us, that he is a gentle man who is simply surrounded by violence rather than being a perpetrator of it. His professional satisfaction, we learn, comes from 'solving a problem'. Taking lives causes him no real anxiety. And then Keller's jobs start to go wrong. Targets die before he can get to them. Gradually he realises that he is being stalked. Another hitman is trying to weed out the competition and kill him. Keller and Dot try to turn the tables but how many innocents will get caught in the crossfire before Keller is truly safe?

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À propos de l'auteur

Lawrence Block lives and works in New York City. He is the author of many novels and short stories and has won over fourteen major awards for his mystery writing.

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Éditeur
Orion
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0752838385
ISBN 13 
9780752838380
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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