The Ax Hardcover - 1997
by Donald E. Westlake
The multi-award-winning, widely acclaimed mystery master and screenplay writer Donald E. Westlake delivers another masterpiece with this brilliant, laser-sharp tale of the deadly consequences of corporate downsizing.
From the rear cover
Burke Devore is a paper company manager, a man who can tell you everything you ever wanted to know about bleaching processes and the edible wood pulp they put in ice cream. For twenty-five years Burke has provided for his family and played by the rules. Until now. Now Devore is slipping away: from his wife, his family, and from all norms of civilized behavior. Burke Devore wants his life back. And he will do anything to get it. Donald E. Westlake has written a tale of dark, mesmerizing power about one quiet, ordinary victim of corporate downsizing - who reacts in a most extraordinary way. From his attempts to land a new job, to the growing rift between him and his loved ones, Devore knows that he is running out of time. Believing that there is just one way to earn the only job he has a chance of getting, he sets off on a path from which there can be no turning back - no matter how bizarre and violent, no matter who gets in the way; no matter how evil Burke Devore becomes. Burke Devore is gunning for his competition, and it's getting easier every time...
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- Title The Ax
- Author Donald E. Westlake
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mysterious Press, New York
- Date 1997-06-01
- Features Dust Cover
- ISBN 9780892965878 / 0892965878
- Weight 1.28 lbs (0.58 kg)
- Dimensions 9.24 x 6.36 x 0.97 in (23.47 x 16.15 x 2.46 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Serial murderers, Middle-aged men
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96052068
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Booklist, 04/15/1997, Page 1409
- Kirkus Reviews, 05/15/1997, Page 753
- Library Journal, 05/01/1997, Page 142
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 02/01/1997, Page 62
- New York Times, 06/29/1997, Page 17
- NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 01/01/1997, Page 58
- Publishers Weekly, 04/21/1997, Page 64
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