Hit Parade

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John Keller is everyones favorite hit man: a new kind of hero for a new, uncertain age. Hes cool. Reliable. A real pro: the hit mans hit man. The inconvenient wife, the aging sports star, the business partner, the retiree with a substantial legacy. Hes taken care of them all, quietly and efficiently.
Kellers got a code of honor, though hed never call it that. And he keeps the job strictly business. "What happens is you wind up thinking of each subject not as a person to be killed but as a problem to be solved. Now there are guys doing this who cope with it by making it personal. They find a reason to hate the guy they have to kill. I dont know whats a sin and what isnt, or if one person deserves to go on living and another deserves to have his life ended. Sometimes I think about stuff like that, but as far as working it all out in my mind, well, I never seem to get anywhere." But while Keller might be a pragmatic and crack assassin, hes also prone to doubts and loneliness just like everybody else. There was a psychotherapist once. A dog. Even a woman. And though hes got Dot, his wisecracking contact and sometimes confidante, and his precious stamp collection, these days, it doesnt seem to be enough.
Kellers been at this business a long while. Just maybe its time to pack it in and find a nice little house in the desert. Only problem is, retirement takes money. And to get money, hes got to go to work.. . .
Hit Parade, the third novel featuring the fascinating Keller, displays the hallmarks that distinguish Lawrence Blocks award-winning fiction: the intelligence, the clever plotting, the humor, the tricky twists and ironic turns, the darkness and emotional complexity -- and, above all else, the humanity.

Książka "Hit Parade" - Lawrence Block - oprawa miękka - Wydawnictwo Harper Collins USA. Książka posiada 326 stron i została wydana w 2007 r.