Outsourced
Published on 12. August 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-84668-732-7 (ISBN)
Description
Following on from his ultra noir trilogy - Small Crimes, Pariah and Killer - is Outsourced, Zeltserman's most commercial book to date. A classic heist thriller pitched somewhere between Ocean's Eleven and Dog Day Afternoon, it's the story of a group of software engineers who lose their jobs due to an industry push to outsourcing. Desperate, and seeing their middle class lives crumbling apart, they come up with a brilliant plan to use their computing skills to rob a bank. But not even a systems analyst can foresee every eventuality, so the group falls foul of the Russian Mafia.
Movie rights have already been sold to Outsourced. The film will be produced by the team behind the hugely successful Resident Evil films.
Movie rights have already been sold to Outsourced. The film will be produced by the team behind the hugely successful Resident Evil films.
Reviews / Votes
a dryly witty take on the heist caper genre... a fast-paced action romp that has the inestimable advantage... that its characters are actually human -- Peter Millar * The Times * Zeltserman creates an intense atmospheric maze for readers to observe Denton's twisting and turning between his rocks and hard places. Denton is one of the best-realised characters I have read in this genre, and the powerfully noir-ish, uncompromising plot, which truly keeps one guessing from page to page, culminates with a genuinely astonishing finale * Sunday Express * Zeltserman is the author of increasingly accomplished crime novels, distinguished by spare and crisp prose, believable dialogue, imaginative plot twists and tightly wound characters who don't wear out their welcome * Newsday * Dave Zeltserman is one of the new, highly original voices in crime fiction, his writing spare, disciplined and concrete. His plots are as original as anyone writing hard-boiled fiction with an attractive noir edge, and always grimly entertaining * Weekend Australian * A small gem of crime fiction * Booklist USA * A riveting thriller all too topical in todays job market, Outsourced is a read that shouldn't be overlooked for thriller readers. * Midwest Book Reviews, USA * A dark, lightning-paced read * Financial Times * Bodies mount up as the double dealing and revenge gather apace. The blurb on the book describes it as a "fast-paced, edge-of-your seat crime novel," and it really does live up to the hype. Add this to your holiday reading list for a piece of escapism * Morning Star * You can outsource software engineering, but so far at least you can't outsource crime writing as good as Zeltserman's. * Boston Globe *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Profile Books Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
231 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84668-732-7 (9781846687327)
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Person
David Zeltserman has over the years worked developing data communication software at some of the world's leading networking and computer companies, including Motorola, DEC, Nokia, Lucent and Cisco. He lives in the Boston area with his wife Judy, is a die-hard Patriots and Red Sox fan and when he's not writing crime fiction, he spends his time working on his black belt in Kung Fu. His previous novels, Small Crimes (9781852429713), Pariah (9781846686436) and Killer (9781846686443) are also published by Serpent's Tail.