false <![CDATA[The Wheelman]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175712255m/548772.jpg 548772 2 <div><div>Meet Lennon, a mute Irish getaway driver who has fallen in with the wrong heist team on the wrong day at the wrong bank. Betrayed, his money stolen and his battered carcass left for dead, Lennon is on a one-way mission to find out who is responsible&#8212;and to get back his loot. But the robbery has sent a violent ripple effect through the streets of Philadelphia. And now a dirty cop, the Russian and Italian mobs, the mayor&#8217;s hired gun, and a keyboard player in a college rock band maneuver for position as this adrenaline-fueled novel twists and turns its way toward its explosive conclusion.<br>One thing&#8217;s for sure: This cast of characters wakes up in a much different world by novel&#8217;s end&#8212;if they wake up at all.</div></div> 536021 2005 The Wheelman total:156|5:2|4:4|3:2|2:1|1:0| 156 633 209 27 4 1 false false Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 13:12:05 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 09:44:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 26 17:30:01 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 13:39:34 -0700 2009
Lennon's perfect plan for stashing the money and laying low until the heat's off goes awry when som...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 13:40:34 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 13:55:15 -0700 2009 www.crimepays.com), and as usual she did not steer me wrong - - LOVED LOVED LOVED this book! Story opens with a mute getaway driver of a Philadelphia bank heist gone...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 06 08:38:29 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 13 01:46:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 12 23:59:18 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 23:59:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true false Sat May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 18:51:58 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 10:44:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 03 13:02:48 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 13:04:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 21:26:25 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 21:44:08 -0700 2008 Wheelman is the French Connection meets ultraviolence. It's the Bank Heist meets Lawrence Block. This should be a movie starring Jason Statham. This is like reading a 70's exploitation flick, where the cops are bad, the girls are hot, and the heroes a mute right out from The Italian Job .
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* Short, sharp scenes
* Bank robbery gone wrong
* Brutes of all stripes: Russian, Italian, Irish
* Scary violence nicely sandwiched between grim humor
* Mutes who aren't mute until they're really mute
* Scary...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 05 09:08:45 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 09:13:16 -0700 2008 The Wheelman, like a great bank hesit starts off frantic, wonderfully disorientating with excitement, then slows as the book winds to its cartoonish conclusion.
Duane Swierczynski knows how to construct a great heist, but falters at times with the pacing and tone of his characters. Nonetheless ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 10 09:28:37 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 09:31:26 -0700 2008
He has a wonderful writing style, breezy but rock solid. Excellent prose with wonderful details, but without a single unnecessary word.

I highly recommend this ...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 14:31:49 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 09 22:07:08 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 07:49:07 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 08:55:11 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=548772