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Title: Hit Man by Lawrence Block, Robert Forster ISBN: 0-7871-1690-4 Publisher: Dove Books Audio Pub. Date: February, 1998 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 (67 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Hero? Anti-Hero? Does it matter when it is this much fun?
Comment: Keller rules. I know that sounds like a 6th grade endorsement of this zippy novel (or short story collection?), but I'm just wild about Block's book. It was fun (and quick) read that is perfect for summer. Keller is killer as he well knows. The stories are funny and sometimes surprising. Even more, Keller gets to us. He is a decent and moral man in his own way. Block and Keller have a new fan. I'll be reading "Hit List" soon...
Rating: 3
Summary: Trivializing murder
Comment: This book is easy to read, with lots of conversation. It did hold my interest. I felt like I was reading Lawrence Block's fantasies, which they clearly are. "If I were a hit man, what would I do?" Keller, the hit man, lives in New York City, like Block. His comings and goings in various U.S. locales (mostly the mid-west it seems) bring to mind Lawrence Block traveling in these places, how he would react, the people he would meet. A nice fantasy, but with one exception: Lawrence Block doesn't really murder people, but Keller does.
Keller is obviously a sociopath. Essentially, this means he can murder and feel no remorse about it. I'm pretty sure there are youngsters out there in the world who want to emulate Keller, but is it right to trivialize his conduct and make him appear an Everyday Guy? Well, whether it's right or wrong is not the issue I guess, but what holds interest. Or is it?
This attraction to criminals and murderers, which apparently is a long-standing love affair for humanity, definitely says something about we humans. Is it any wonder we need God? Without a higher power, we'd really be at the edge of extinction, because, who else would keep us all from trying to be little Kellers, little "wanna be hit men" (and women?).
Oh, that's right, this is a "men's" book: It's the men who idolize these killers and cool hit men, isn't it? Keller's business associate Dot seems to be an exception, in that she also seems to vicariously enjoy his hits, but isn't that unusual for women, that is, to enjoy the idea of murder (and to benefit financially from it)? I think most women would be a little more upset about Keller, and take less vicarious interest in him, than men.
So thank Heaven for little girls! It's them and God keeping us from bloodthirsty Chaos Itself (Hell?). Diximus.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Exceptional Piece of Writing
Comment: Keller is a character that you want to like...and after the first chaprter you do. He's Mr. Anybody, maybe like you and me, except, that is, what he does for a living. Although the book is about a hitman, I found that it was not particularly violent. He kills people, but these events are secondary to Keller's little observations about life. I think you will find it hard to put down, and I highly recommend you pick it up!
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Title: Hit List by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0061030996 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 05 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Everybody Dies by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0380725355 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 09 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Devil Knows You're Dead by Lawrence Block ISBN: 038072023X Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Even the Wicked: A Matthew Scudder Novel by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0380725347 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: A Stab in the Dark by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0380715740 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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