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Pest Control (1997)

by Bill Fitzhugh

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Bob Dillon can't get a break. A down-on-his-luck exterminator, all he wants is his own truck with a big fiberglass bug on top -- and success with his radical new, environmentally friendly pest-killing technique. So Bob decides to advertise. Unfortunately, one of his flyers falls into the wrong hands. Marcel, a shady Frenchman, needs an assassin to handle a million-dollar hit, and he figures that Bob Dillon is his man. Through no fault -- or participation -- of his own, this unwitting pest controller from Queens has become a major player in the dangerous world of contract murder. And now Bob's running for his life through the wormiest sections of the Big Apple -- one step ahead of a Bolivian executioner, a homicidal transvestite dwarf, meatheaded CIA agents, cabbies packing serious heat ... and the world's number-one hit man, who might just turn out to be the best friend Bob's got.… (more)
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 Name that Book: Comedy - Exterminator Mistaken for Assassin4 unread / 4memccauley6, September 2010

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an exterminator being mistaken, by several different individuals for an assassin ? Somehow it all works in the book and is a refreshingly different twist ( )
  cspiwak | Mar 6, 2024 |
Maybe I'll finish Pest Control some day, but after 50 pages I'm not feeling it. Too many insects and not enough laughs. ( )
  jbaty | Dec 29, 2023 |
I enjoyed it. Light and fluffy. I thought it ended very well if not a little predictable. The middle dragged a little but not so much I stopped reading. I will give him a 2nd read. ( )
  cdaley | Nov 2, 2023 |
The general plot of this book was rather unbelievable, but it certainly kept me turning the pages, especially for all the subtle humor that Fitzhugh includes in his writing. I came to adore the characters, especially Bob, the hapless pest controller looking for the ultimate in all-natural pest control, and Klaus, a reluctant hired assassin. I kept thinking that this would make a great movie. This is the first book in a series. ( )
  hobbitprincess | Sep 21, 2023 |
adult fiction. I remember reading this a long time ago, and liking it enough to seek out more of Fitzhugh's books, but don't remember a whole lot otherwise. Judging from the other reviews, all the "bug talk" (learning about cockroaches and the science of the bug extermination business) can be a turnoff, but if you're game, check this one out. ( )
  reader1009 | Jul 3, 2021 |
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TO KENDALL, ELEANOR, AND GRANNY.
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR LOVE.
AND TO JIMMY VINES FOR BELIEVING FROM THE START.
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Bob Dillon can't get a break. A down-on-his-luck exterminator, all he wants is his own truck with a big fiberglass bug on top -- and success with his radical new, environmentally friendly pest-killing technique. So Bob decides to advertise. Unfortunately, one of his flyers falls into the wrong hands. Marcel, a shady Frenchman, needs an assassin to handle a million-dollar hit, and he figures that Bob Dillon is his man. Through no fault -- or participation -- of his own, this unwitting pest controller from Queens has become a major player in the dangerous world of contract murder. And now Bob's running for his life through the wormiest sections of the Big Apple -- one step ahead of a Bolivian executioner, a homicidal transvestite dwarf, meatheaded CIA agents, cabbies packing serious heat ... and the world's number-one hit man, who might just turn out to be the best friend Bob's got.

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