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In this book, Matthew Branton unravels the complex gamesmanship of survival in the face of uncertainty and betrayal.
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About the Author
Matthew Branton was born in 1969 and studied at Sheffield Polytechnic and Manchester University. He divides his time between London the beautiful north shore of Hawaii. He is the author of three previous novels, including The Love Parade (Penguin, 1997), The House of Whacks (Bloomsbury, 1999) and Coast (Bloomsbury, 2000). When not writing, he can be found surfing the wild waves of the ocean, or teaching the finer points of riding a skateboard.
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In an era of post-Watergate paranoia, even the government's assassins can't be sure of the rules in this elaborate mind-game from British author Branton (The House of Whacks). Contract killer John Decker is aging, and his Postman's death has cut him off from the network and knowledge of what's happening. A younger hitman named Olsen who tracks him may be the Contender waiting to take his place. Or maybe not. Spinning words with grace and ease, the author has fun with this loose scenario in a Diary of a Hitman mold, but quickly gives the impression he's making it up page by page. "There could be four other Deckers wondering why their drops had gone cold of a sudden, or he could be the only one. It was a fact of the Life that you didn't know." But somehow in this world of secrecy the amusing story that Olsen has found a wino using his information drop-site as a toilet has gotten around to all the killers. Readers who crave intellectual romps could enjoy the ride, but fans of the hitman genre who prefer a growing body count may be distressed to find that Branton's killers seem intent on talking their victims to death.
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- PublisherJustin, Charles & Co.
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1932112030
- ISBN 13 9781932112030
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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