Hit Man
America's master of mystery introduces a new kind of hero. Complex, professional, confident, and reliable, Keller is a killer--the hit man's hit man. As Keller goes about his rounds, fulfilling his contracts, he learns a few crucial truths about himself and the ways of the normal world, winding...
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America's master of mystery introduces a new kind of hero. Complex, professional, confident, and reliable, Keller is a killer--the hit man's hit man. As Keller goes about his rounds, fulfilling his contracts, he learns a few crucial truths about himself and the ways of the normal world, winding up a wiser (if not a better) man.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780688141790 (068814179X)
Publish date: January 21st 1998
Publisher: William Morrow and Company, Inc.
Pages no: 259
Edition language: English
Series: Keller (#1)
Keller is a stone cold killer (as discussed at length when he goes to therapy). So why is he a sympathetic character? I think it must be his amusingly hapless attempts to try to connect with the rest of humanity by fantasising about small-town life, getting a dog, even taking up stamp collecting! Wh...
I didn't think I would finish this one at first, but Keller grows on you. The [b:Hit Man|380563|Hit Man (Keller, #1)|Lawrence Block|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1348425989s/380563.jpg|1062586] is a collection of vignettes involving Keller's targets and how he plans to accomplish each m...
I'm completely embarrassed to say that I've read this one before, somehow, in some form. One would think I'd remember a book called Hit Man. Alas, I'm getting old. So what did I do when I discovered my little error? Keep on reading, of course, because I could only vaguely remember details and it is...
This is a collection of stories featuring Block’s stamp-loving hitman, Keller. If you are looking for a thrill-a-minute with car chases and leaving off tall buildings, keep on going. On the other hand, if you want a well-crafted collection of stories that slowly but painstakingly reveal a man’s char...
Hitman is a collection of short stories about a professional killer named Keller. What sets this book apart from others of its kind is that it's more about what Keller does when he's not actively killing people, what makes him tick. He has fantasies about living in whatever town he's visiting for a...
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