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Ax, The
by Westlake, Donald E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0892965878
- ISBN 13
- 9780892965878
- Seller
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About This Item
Mysterious / Warner Press. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1997. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0892965878 . Birght red hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine. A Fine copy with light bumping to the bottom spine end. First Edition with stated First Printing June 1997. The DJ is unclipped, Very Good with two small slits to the front cover. "Burke Devore, the manager of a paper company for 25 years, is a devoted family man who always plays by the rules. When he loses his job, Devore''s life begins to slip away. He knows he must be ruthless to get another job and he will stop at nothing.' "; 9.10 X 6.10 X 0.90 inches; 288 pages .
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15438
- Title
- Ax, The
- Author
- Westlake, Donald E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition; 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0892965878
- ISBN 13
- 9780892965878
- Publisher
- Mysterious / Warner Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- 0892965878, Detective, Serial Killers, Middle Age Men, Psychological
- Bookseller catalogs
- Horror;
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