Wet Work
by Christopher Buckley
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The controller of a large conglomerate hunts down the person or persons responsible for the drug overdose death of his granddaughter.Tags
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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.
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.
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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. show more 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. show less
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Christopher Buckley was born December 24, 1952. He is an American political satirist and the author of novels including God Is My Broker, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, The White House Mess, No Way to Treat a First Lady, Wet Work, Florence of Arabia, Boomsday, Supreme Courtship, and, most recently, Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir. He is the show more son of William F. Buckley Jr. and Patricia Buckley. Buckley, like his father, graduated from Yale University, as a member of Skull and Bones. He became managing editor of Esquire Magazine and later worked as the chief speechwriter for Vice President George H. W. Bush. This experience led to his novel The White House Mess, a satire on White House office politics and political memoirs. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Wet Work
- Original title
- Wet Work
- Original publication date
- 1990
- People/Characters
- Charley Becker
- Epigraph
- Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. — H. L. Mencken
- Dedication
- For Reggie Stoops (1925 - 1988) and Margo Waite Stoops, with love always
- First words
- He had done only two deathbeds up to now, and both of them coma cases.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"To Tasha and Felix," said Diatri.
- Blurbers
- Lehrer, Jim; King, Larry
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- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.12)
- Languages
- English, French
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 2
