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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780060840891 ISBN: 0060840897 Label: Harper Manufacturer: Harper Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: June 01, 2007 Publisher: Harper Release Date: May 29, 2007 Studio: Harper Editorial Review: Product Description: Keller is friendly. Industrious. A bit lonely, sometimes. If it wasn't for the fact that he kills people for a living, he'd be just your average Joe. The inconvenient wife, the troublesome sports star, the greedy business partner, the vicious dog, he'll take care of them all, quietly and efficiently. If the price is right. Like the rest of us, Keller's starting to worry about his retirement. After all, he's not getting any younger. (His victims, on the other hand, aren't getting any older.) So he contacts his "booking agent," Dot, up in White Plains, and tells her to keep the hits coming. He'll take any job, anywhere. His nest egg needs fattening up. Of course, being less choosy means taking greater risks—and that could buy Keller some big trouble. Then again, in this game, there are plenty of opportunities for some inventive improvisation . . . and a determined self-motivator can make a killing. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - totally new main characterGreat Lawrence Block humor & story line. Couldn't put it down. In fact, ordered other books in this series. Rating: - A worthwhile readThis book mostly reads like a collection of short stories in that each chapter or two can stand alone--but there is a more or less continuous thread connecting them. This is a must-read before getting to the latest (? last) of the Keller stories, Hit and Run. Block is always a good read, sometimes a great read, so I recommend it highly to all his fans. Rating:  - Disappointing.I enjoyed the previous John Keller-Hit Man books by Lawrence Block, who has been one of my favorite authors for many years. But this one fell kind of flat. In the earlier books, Keller has a certain charm, despite being a professional killer. For some reason, in this outing Keller comes across simply cold-blooded and inhuman. I think the author took away Keller's formerly interesting personality and all of his charm. This book is not really a novel, but rather a series of short stories about ... Read More Rating: - First Time Reading This AuthorNot usually my type of book, but really enjoyed it. I will now have to get the others in the series. I thought the concept of the story was great, a stamp-collecting hit man! Who would have thought something like that up?! Rating:  - The Stamp CollectorThis is the 3rd book in the series and Lawrence Block has developed this character to the point where he is almost family. He is less complicated than the Matt Scudder character, but still has the same issues that we can all identify with. There is a mix of humor, sarcasm, deep thought and the everyman we can identify with. It's just a job, it's not his life, but we are what we do. The 4th in the series should be out next month and based on the last three will not be anything less than another hit, ... Read More |
