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Loading... Wet Work (1990)by Christopher Buckley
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This was an interesting book. I found myself liking it though for the life of me I can't tell you why. It had a tired plot, hit man has a change in conscious and wants out but evil overlords refuse. It had a tired protagonist, ex-military loner that thought he was a patriot. It required tremendous suspension of disbelief. This is a book you definitely don't want to ask how or why. The writing was clunky and filled with cliches. Yea, I'm not sure why I liked it but I did. ( ) This book begins with a "spoiler" and a very emotional, heart-tugging set-up. It is satire and a thriller, but it's also a tale of a grandfather's wreaking revenge. The author's skill with dialog is so good, it's like reading a taped transcription. The ending is a tad anti-climatic because of the spoiler, but then again, the best part of a roller-coaster ride is not the end. Seek this one out.
The satirical thriller, a beast so rare one can barely call it a genre, is one of storytelling's more difficult feats. In the last 30 years only one American writer -- that genius of derangement, Richard Condon -- has repeatedly brought the form alive. Now, in his new novel, "Wet Work," Christopher Buckley, with a pen misanthropically askew and venomously funny, reaches for the Condon mantle. How many writers can make us laugh out loud? Mr. Buckley does this every few pages. More important, whatever the debt he may owe to satirists before him, he is well on his way to inventing a brand of black comedy wholly his own.
Charlie Becker, head of one of America's biggest conglomerates, is a man on a mission. His only granddaughter, the beloved Natasha, has been found dead in her flat after an accidental overdose of cocaine. Charlie is going to find out who is responsible. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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