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Product Identifiers
PublisherAmazon Publishing
ISBN-10161109139X
ISBN-139781611091397
eBay Product ID (ePID)13038489259
Product Key Features
Book TitleHitman's Guide to Housecleaning
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
TopicThrillers / General, Satire, Mystery & Detective / General
GenreFiction
AuthorHallgrimur Helgason
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight10.4 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"A sensational book. Hallgrimur Helgason's brain is like this amazing app that morphs the English language into gorgeously blunt new forms. It delivers surprise after surprise and makes you feel good about books again. I can't recommend it enough." --Douglas Coupland, author of Generation X "If you read this I predict [Helgason]'ll be in your mind to stay." --DBC Pierre, Man Booker Prize-winning author of Vernon God Little "[Helgason is] uproarious, sharp, and outrageously funny." -- Kirkus Reviews "[Helgason's writing is] intelligent, unexpected and beguiling." -- The Guardian
TitleLeadingThe
Number of Volumes0 vols.
Edition DescriptionUnabridged edition
SynopsisWith some 66 hits under his belt, Tomislav Boksic, or Toxic, has a flawless record as hitman for the Croatian mafia in New York. That is, until he kills the wrong guy and is forced to flee the States, leaving behind the life he knows and loves. Suddenly, he finds himself on a plane hurtling toward Reykjavik disguised as American televangelist Fathe, With some 66 hits under his belt, Tomislav Boksic, or Toxic, has a flawless record as hitman for the Croatian mafia in New York. That is, until he kills the wrong guy and is forced to flee the States, leaving behind the life he knows and loves. Suddenly, he finds himself on a plane hurtling toward Reykjavik, Iceland, borrowing the identity of an American televangelist named Father Friendly. With no means of escape from this island devoid of gun shops and contract killing, tragicomic hilarity ensues as he is forced to come to terms with his bloody past and reevaluate his future., With some 66 hits under his belt, Tomislav Boksic, or Toxic, has a flawless record as hitman for the Croatian mafia in New York. That is, until he kills the wrong guy and is forced to flee the States, leaving behind the life he knows and loves. Suddenly, he finds himself on a plane hurtling toward Reykjavik disguised as American televangelist Father Friendly. With no means of escape from this island devoid of gun shops, this country with absolutely no tradition for contract killing, he is forced to come to terms with his bloody past and reevaluate his future, to tragicomic effect. Toxic paints Iceland as an icy netherworld where in spite of peaceful appearances danger lurks--in the guise of terrifying romantic overtures with tough-girl Gunholder, fear of being caught in his blasphemous deception, and the threat of punishment at the hands of Thordur...whose name seems to be pronounced "Torture."
LC Classification NumberPT7511.H297H58 2012
