false 380563 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174326340m/380563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174326340s/380563.jpg But then one job goes wrong in a way Keller has never imagined and it leaves him with a big problem. Finding himself with an orphan on his hands, Keller's job begins to interfere with his carefully guarded life. And once you let someone in to your life, they tend to want to know what you do when you're away. And killing for a living, lucrative though it is, just doesn't find favour with some folks.

]]> 380563 10 1062586 1998 Hit Man total:462|5:98|4:195|3:136|2:25|1:8| 462 1736 592 46 17613 3.75 9889 893 61671530 1865024 916132 038072541X 9780380725410 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179431915m/916132.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179431915s/916132.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/916132.Hit_Man 3.52 63 1998 3 0 false Tue Jun 30 14:58:43 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 14:44:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 67494430 870755 1487811 068814179X 9780688141790 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184126711m/1487811.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184126711s/1487811.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1487811.Hit_Man 3.67 15 Times crossword with his morning coffee... There were eight million stories in the naked city, most of them not very interesting, and his was one of them. Except that every once in a while he got a phone call from a man in White Plains. And packed a bag and caught a plane and killed somebody. Hard to argue the point. Man behaves like that, he's a scoundrel. Case closed." But Lawrence Block is such a delightfully subtle writer, one of the true masters of the mystery genre, that the case is far from closed. In this beautifully linked collection of short stories, we gradually put together such a complete picture of Keller that we don't so much forgive him his occupation as consider it just one more part of his humanity. After watching Keller take on cases that baffle and anger him into actions that fellow members of his hit-man union might well call unprofessional, we're eager to join him as he goes through a spectacularly unsuccessful analysis and gets fooled by a devious intelligence agent. We miss the dog he acquires and loses, along with its attractive walker. Like Richard Stark's Parker, Keller makes us think the unthinkable about criminals: that they might be the guys next door--or even us, under different pressures. For a small selection of the many Blocks in paperback, try Coward's Kiss, A Long Line of Dead Men, The Sins of the Fathers, Such Men Are Dangerous, and especially When the Sacred Ginmill Closes.]]> 1998 4 4 false Sat Aug 15 09:37:27 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 29 07:40:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 35656406 344179 380563 0752825925 9780752825922 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174326340m/380563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174326340s/380563.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/380563.Hit_Man 3.80 374 But then one job goes wrong in a way Keller has never imagined and it leaves him with a big problem. Finding himself with an orphan on his hands, Keller's job begins to interfere with his carefully guarded life. And once you let someone in to your life, they tend to want to know what you do when you're away. And killing for a living, lucrative though it is, just doesn't find favour with some folks.

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]]> 1998 5 0 false Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 05:47:55 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 05:51:55 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 6497561 250195 1487811 068814179X 9780688141790 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184126711m/1487811.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184126711s/1487811.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1487811.Hit_Man 3.76 462 Times crossword with his morning coffee... There were eight million stories in the naked city, most of them not very interesting, and his was one of them. Except that every once in a while he got a phone call from a man in White Plains. And packed a bag and caught a plane and killed somebody. Hard to argue the point. Man behaves like that, he's a scoundrel. Case closed." But Lawrence Block is such a delightfully subtle writer, one of the true masters of the mystery genre, that the case is far from closed. In this beautifully linked collection of short stories, we gradually put together such a complete picture of Keller that we don't so much forgive him his occupation as consider it just one more part of his humanity. After watching Keller take on cases that baffle and anger him into actions that fellow members of his hit-man union might well call unprofessional, we're eager to join him as he goes through a spectacularly unsuccessful analysis and gets fooled by a devious intelligence agent. We miss the dog he acquires and loses, along with its attractive walker. Like Richard Stark's Parker, Keller makes us think the unthinkable about criminals: that they might be the guys next door--or even us, under different pressures. For a small selection of the many Blocks in paperback, try Coward's Kiss, A Long Line of Dead Men, The Sins of the Fathers, Such Men Are Dangerous, and especially When the Sacred Ginmill Closes.]]> 1998 3 0 false Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Sep 20 11:12:56 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 11:15:25 -0700 2007 Lawrence Block - 1st in series
Keller is your basic Urban Lonely Guy. He makes a decent wage, lives in a nice apartment, works the crossword puzzle. Until the phone rings, and he flies halfway across the country...and kills somebody. It's a living, but is it a life? You've neve...more...]]> 40966535 1126785 380563 0752825925 9780752825922 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174326340m/380563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174326340s/380563.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/380563.Hit_Man 3.76 462 But then one job goes wrong in a way Keller has never imagined and it leaves him with a big problem. Finding himself with an orphan on his hands, Keller's job begins to interfere with his carefully guarded life. And once you let someone in to your life, they tend to want to know what you do when you're away. And killing for a living, lucrative though it is, just doesn't find favour with some folks.

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]]> 1998 1 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 20:20:54 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 08:56:51 -0800 2009 once is too much more...]]> 80472587 2999641 916132 038072541X 9780380725410 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179431915m/916132.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179431915s/916132.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/916132.Hit_Man 3.76 462 1998 3 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 09 17:39:29 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 17:39:59 -0800 2009 Good Read.]]> 74029249 2131432 380563 0752825925 9780752825922 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174326340m/380563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174326340s/380563.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/380563.Hit_Man 3.76 462 But then one job goes wrong in a way Keller has never imagined and it leaves him with a big problem. Finding himself with an orphan on his hands, Keller's job begins to interfere with his carefully guarded life. And once you let someone in to your life, they tend to want to know what you do when you're away. And killing for a living, lucrative though it is, just doesn't find favour with some folks.

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]]> 1998 4 0 false Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 19:14:18 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 19:18:28 -0700 2009 44851407 1413408 916132 038072541X 9780380725410 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179431915m/916132.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179431915s/916132.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/916132.Hit_Man 3.76 462 1998 4 0 false Fri Jan 30 08:43:29 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 08:43:58 -0800 2009 27103784 384019 380563 0752825925 9780752825922 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174326340m/380563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174326340s/380563.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/380563.Hit_Man 3.76 462 But then one job goes wrong in a way Keller has never imagined and it leaves him with a big problem. Finding himself with an orphan on his hands, Keller's job begins to interfere with his carefully guarded life. And once you let someone in to your life, they tend to want to know what you do when you're away. And killing for a living, lucrative though it is, just doesn't find favour with some folks.

]]> 1998 1 0 false Sun Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 06:22:30 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 06:28:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3680821 49732 380563 0752825925 9780752825922 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174326340m/380563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174326340s/380563.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/380563.Hit_Man 3.76 462 But then one job goes wrong in a way Keller has never imagined and it leaves him with a big problem. Finding himself with an orphan on his hands, Keller's job begins to interfere with his carefully guarded life. And once you let someone in to your life, they tend to want to know what you do when you're away. And killing for a living, lucrative though it is, just doesn't find favour with some folks.

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