The Ax
Fro 25 years, Burke Devore has provided for his family and played by the rules. Until now. Downsized from his job, Devore is slipping away: from his wife, his family, and from all civilized norms of behavior. He wants his life back, and will do anything to get it. In this relentlessly fascinating...
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Fro 25 years, Burke Devore has provided for his family and played by the rules. Until now. Downsized from his job, Devore is slipping away: from his wife, his family, and from all civilized norms of behavior. He wants his life back, and will do anything to get it. In this relentlessly fascinating novel, the masterful Westlake takes readers on a journey of obsession and outrage inside a quiet man's desperate world.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780446606080 (0446606081)
Publish date: May 1st 1998
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Writing,
Language,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Noir,
Horror,
Roman,
Suspense
The Ax starts strong with a great plot that is irresistible and tailor-made for a modern noir tale. Burke Devore has been laid off from his job as a manager at a paper manufacturer and has been jobless for two years. In a desperate attempt to land a job, he gathers together resumes of men that could...
Bill MacDonald's review piqued my interest in this book. And luckily enough, it was available at the library! I was not even aware of [a:Donald E. Westlake|30953|Donald E. Westlake|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1336863543p2/30953.jpg]'s works a few days back, so I thought this would be a good chanc...
This book is about a dark time in American history. A large financial bubble had burst, corporations were laying off people in droves in a valiant effort to protect the lavish lifestyles of corporate leaders, jobs were hard to come by for the recently displaced and, as unemployment benefits started ...
Burke Devore, line manager at a paper mill, gets laid off and is unemployed for two years. Then one day he gets the idea of a lifetime: start killing the people he's competing for job with...Wow. This thing is a damn masterpiece. Westlake takes an ordinary Joe in a situation we can all relate to ...
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