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The Ax
by Westlake, Donald E
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- UsedGood
- ISBN 10
- 0892965878
- ISBN 13
- 9780892965878
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About This Item
The Mysterious Press. 1997. Hardcover. UsedGood. Hardcover; fading and shelf wear to exterior, with light fade spots to page edges; in good condition with clean text, firm binding. Dust jacket shows scuffing, staining, and tears to front side edge and top back edge. .
Synopsis
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. 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. . . . In this relentlessly fascinating novel, the masterful Donald Westlake takes us on a journey of obsession and outrage inside a quiet man's desperate world. And as we follow in Devore's blood-soaked footsteps, the question begins to echo darkly:
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- Bookseller
- BookDepart
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93642
- Title
- The Ax
- Author
- Westlake, Donald E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- UsedGood
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0892965878
- ISBN 13
- 9780892965878
- Publisher
- The Mysterious Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 273p
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