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THE AX by Donald Westlake.
The story: A fifty year old man loses his job and becomes a serial killer to eliminate the competition for his line of work.
The New York TIMES reviewer loved this book and thought Westlake was a genius. Most AMAZON reviewers loved it, too. I didn't. I read 8 chapters and closed the covers.
Some reviewers complain about the constipated plot and snail's pace action. BINGO! Its glacial navel-gazing. There's no dialogue just navel gazing. Westlake was a master of navel-gazing, he knew how to make it work, but not in this particular book. The problem is the nature of the PC's work (Principal Character); the man makes paper stuff...napkins, paper plates, paper cups, towels, business card stock, etc. You get the idea half of America makes paper stuff and the very best of them are outta work and reside near the PC. The killings aren't clever or novel or competently executed.
The story: A fifty year old man loses his job and becomes a serial killer to eliminate the competition for his line of work.
The New York TIMES reviewer loved this book and thought Westlake was a genius. Most AMAZON reviewers loved it, too. I didn't. I read 8 chapters and closed the covers.
Some reviewers complain about the constipated plot and snail's pace action. BINGO! Its glacial navel-gazing. There's no dialogue just navel gazing. Westlake was a master of navel-gazing, he knew how to make it work, but not in this particular book. The problem is the nature of the PC's work (Principal Character); the man makes paper stuff...napkins, paper plates, paper cups, towels, business card stock, etc. You get the idea half of America makes paper stuff and the very best of them are outta work and reside near the PC. The killings aren't clever or novel or competently executed.
