Refinished Su 12/6/20
I ordered this hardback from QPB on Mo 4/17/06 and finished it the first time Fr 6/9/06..."At The Club after an afternoon session and before dinner with The Brandenburgs at China Buffet near Cub Foods on Vets". This restaurant is not in business anymore.
PREMISE:
A young man in Florida, Lem Altick is selling encyclopedias to make money to attend Columbia and finds himself in the middle of several murders and at odds with a drug gang and a corrupt policeman. When he makes his pitch to Karen and Bastard, a man enters the trailer and shoots them both, but spares Lem. When the assassin and Lem return to the scene of the crime they notice an additional body. This begins their trip down the rabbit hole.
Melford Kean is the 'ethical assassin' and the reader wonders if he's a charming sociopath, eco-activist, or a vigilante for social justice.
The story is set in a trailer park adjacent to a hog farm. The residents get free stuff for living in the stench.
Horrifying descriptions of the 'Waste Lagoon' and lots of commentary on the mistreatment of animals raised for food...The trailer park is a speed trap and the cop, Jim Doe will write a ticket if you are one mile over the limit.
Great nicknames: 'The Gambler'- his name is Kenny Rogers and 'BB gun' his name is William Gunn. 'BB' is a well off middle age man who is very attracted to young boys, but he only sees it as 'he's saving them'. His partner, Desiree is a Siamese Twin who was separated from her twin Aphrodite by surgery. Desiree has a huge scar on her side and back and she is still 'Intune' with her dead sister.
A link to the review of the novel at Kirkus:
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-liss/the-ethical-assassin/
A well written dark comedy and I really liked it.
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