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Wesley Pruiss is a misunderstood and misled publishing entrepreneur. The dirtier his little magazine gets, the more money he makes. There seems to be no limit to the dirt of the money. His full-color monthly, called Gross, soon spawns a chain of raunchy nightclubs (Grossouts) and now a spectacular motion picture was being planned. Disgusting. UnAmerican, even. Enter Remo and Chiun. Not to destroy, but the protect! Disgusting, but very American. Who'd want to kill a dirty publisher? Why worry show more about the rottenest, most depraved publication in history? Because of the oil industry and their concern over the growth of solar energy, obviously. Oil makes the world go'round. It'd be perverse to think otherwise ... as you'll quickly learn in this thirty-sixth volume in the violent chronicle of the Destroyer, the invincible shatterer of worlds from Sinanju. show lessTags
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Off-putting enough in its "parody" of Larry Flynt that I've discontinued my straight-line read-thru of the series and have kicked back to an earlier section.
Ironically for a book about how awful Flynt is, the misogyny is off the charts, plus the bad guy is a dud, going down with barely a whimper after an awful lot of buildup.
Ironically for a book about how awful Flynt is, the misogyny is off the charts, plus the bad guy is a dud, going down with barely a whimper after an awful lot of buildup.
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Author Richard Sapir was born in 1936. He graduated from Columbia University. Before creating The Destroyer series with Warren Murphy, he worked as a reporter, editor, and in public relations. He also wrote five novels in which one, The Body, was made into a movie in 2001. He died of a heart attack in 1987. (Bowker Author Biography)
263+ Works 11,293 Members
Warren Murphy was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on September 13, 1933. Before becoming an author, worked in journalism and politics. In 1971, he started the Destroyer series with Richard Sapir. His other novels include Jericho Day, The Red Moon, The Ceiling of Hell, The Sure Thing, and Honor Among Thieves. He has received various awards show more including the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for The Grandmaster and Pigs Get Fat, and a Special Award for Trace. He has also received the Private Eye Writers of America's Shamus Award for The Ceiling of Hell and Another Day, Another Dollar. He also wrote the screenplays for the movies Lethal Weapon 2 and The Eiger Sanction. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Power Play
- Original publication date
- 1979
- People/Characters
- Chiun (Master of Sinanju); Remo Williams; Harold W. Smith; Rachmed Baya Bam; Will Bobbin; Higbe Muckley (Reverend) (show all 7); Wesley Pruiss
- First words
- His dark, pin-striped suits were hand-tailored in London and cost over eight hundred dollars each.
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
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