Hitman
Published on 3. August 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-340-76597-5 (ISBN)
Description
HITMAN is a fabulously funny, increasingly surreal and darkly violent thriller set in '90s London. Our hero is a slightly-failed but fully-functional P.I. living off the paranoia of an aging B-movie actress, Mar Kettle, whilst simultaneously imbibing vast quantities of various narcotics, topped off with healthy doses of cooking sherry.
It's a simple life, but he likes it.
All this simplicity quickly evaporates when Mar offers an obscenely large amount of money for him to kill one of her ex-lovers who has recently been released from prison...
It's a simple life, but he likes it.
All this simplicity quickly evaporates when Mar offers an obscenely large amount of money for him to kill one of her ex-lovers who has recently been released from prison...
Reviews / Votes
Funny, violent and surreal. Hitman will blow you away. - Howard Marks'A meeting of the minds of Elmore Leonard and Timothy Leary ... Bonkers as you like and more fun than chasing the dragon with the Happy Mondays' List - List
Stuffed to the gills with great characters - Imagine Carl Hiassen meets Hunter S Thompson, but funnier and with more drugs. Suberb. - Mondo
A non-stop sprint to the end - a highly accomplished, confident first novel. - The Times
The writing is frenetic, loaded with the right references to pop culture the entertainment factor is high in this piece of pure pulp fiction - Guardian
Firmly in the comic-violent tradition of James Hawes comes this fast-paced and decidedly over-the-limit debut - Mirror
More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 17 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 198 mm
Weight
233 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-340-76597-5 (9780340765975)
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Max worked in the music industry for over 8 years and had a hand in promoting all the major UK open air festivals (Glastonbury and Reading being his two biggest projects.)
He now lives in London and works in the entertainment industry.
He now lives in London and works in the entertainment industry.