Beat The Reaper

Making a hit man turned medical intern a sympathetic figure would be a tall order for most authors, but first-time novelist Bazell makes it look easy in this breezy and darkly comic suspense novel. The Locanos, a mob family, take in 14-year-old Pietro Brwna (pronounced Browna) after a couple of thugs gun down the grandparents who raised him in their New Jersey home. Bent on revenge, Pietro pursues the killers and executes them a year later. Impressed by Pietros performance, David Locano recruits Pietro as a hit man. After more traumas, Pietro tries to make a break from his past by entering the witness protection program. Now known as Peter Brown, he eventually lands a position as a doctor at a decrepit Manhattan hospital, where by chance a former Mafia associate turns up as a patient and threatens to rat him out. The hero's wry narrative voice, coupled with Bazells artful use of flashbacks to sustain tension and fill in Pietro's past, are a winning combination. - Publisher's Weekly

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Thu, 12/10/2009 - 22:26
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Necrodelic
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Bearclaw does kempo like me. Tongue

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Mon, 01/04/2010 - 23:34
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I read this book after seeing it was recomended on the site and have to say that it is truely a entertaining read. I would definately recoment this book to anyone who enjoys reading Palahniuk.

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Tue, 01/05/2010 - 12:59
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i saw it on some list of the best books of the year the other day.

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Fri, 01/22/2010 - 00:26
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Time mag?

I am so in love with this book.

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