- Fiction, Downsizing of organizations, Middle-aged men, Serial murderers
Burke Devore is a paper company manager, a man who can tell you everything you ever wanted to know about bleaching processes and the edible wood pulp they put in ice cream. For twenty-five years Burke has provided for his family and played by the rules.
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Contemporary, classical in form, bleak and relentless.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Donald E. Westlake
- First published
- 1997
- Pages
- 332
- Publisher
- The Crowood Press, Chivers Press, Thorndike Press
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- German, French, English
- ISBN
- 9780446404341
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“I've never actually killed anybody before, murdered another person, snuffed out another human being.”
Donald Edwin Westlake was an American writer, with over a hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit, writing under at least 20 pseudonyms. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional foray into science fiction or other genres. He was a three-time Edgar Award winner and in 1993, the Mystery Writers of America named Westlake a Grand Master, the highest honor bestowed by the society. Source: wikipedia
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