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Hit And Run Lp [Large Print] (Paperback)

by Lawrence Block (Author)
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"Crazy, good fun, crafted by an experienced mystery writer who should never put down his pen." (Deseret News )

"[An] engrossing thriller" (Fort Worth Star-Telegram )

"A knockout. . . . Block delivers a one-two punch of humor and introspection." (Boston Herald )

"One of the best novels of the summer season. Block remains a true master of the crime genre." (Chicago Sun-Times )

"The wry observations throughout, uttered by Keller as well as the other two main characters, will keep you smiling until your cheeks hurt." (New York Sun )

"Lawrence Block's crime fiction stands out because of his ability to create interesting and likeable characters....[Hit and Run] is no exception." (Tampa Tribune )

"Block's trademark blend of humor and violence is a good fit for the deadpan Keller. . . . One of the crime genre's most unusual antiheroes." (Publishers Weekly )

"An odd and appealing combination of the hard-boiled, the surreal and the whimsical. Keller grows on us." (San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle )

"If there is one crime writer currently capable of matching the noirish legacies of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, it's Lawrence Block." (San Francisco Chronicle )

"As entertaining as we've come to expect from Block's books." (Charlotte Observer )

"Block keeps the readers on edge." (Daily News (Iron Mountain-Kingsford, MI) )

"Brisk, suspenseful, and funny." (Library Journal )

"Block treats both his unlikely hero's initial flight and his attempt to establish a new identity in such painstaking detail that they become riveting....From the first, Keller assumes this hit will be his last case. Readers can only hope it isn't so." (Kirkus Reviews )

"With Lawrence Block, one of the most prolific mystery writers alive, it's always been plotting, and a clever ear for dialogue, that illuminates the inner regions of his characters' souls." (Philadelphia Inquirer )

"Against all odds, Block will have you rooting for the professional killer." (Florida Times-Union )


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Keller's a hit man. For years now he's had places to go and people to kill.

But enough is enough. He's got money in the bank and just one last job standing between him and retirement. So he carries it out with his usual professionalism, and he heads home, and guess what?

One more job. Paid in advance, so what's he going to do? Give the money back? In Des Moines, Keller stalks his designated target and waits for the client to give him the go-ahead. And one fine morning he's picking out stamps for his collection (Sweden 1-5, the official reprints) at a shop in Urbandale when somebody guns down the charismatic governor of Ohio.

Back at his motel, Keller's watching TV when they show the killer's face. And there's something all too familiar about that face. . . .

Keller calls his associate Dot in White Plains, but there is no answer. He's stranded halfway across the country, every cop in America's just seen his picture, his ID and credit cards are no longer good, and he just spent almost all of his cash on the stamps.

Now what?


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5.0 out of 5 stars Even better than Hitman, Nov 4 2009
By Living Away (East Coast, Canada) - See all my reviews
I picked up Hitman awhile ago, on a whim and because it was on sale. I thoroughly enjoyed it. So I saw Hit and Run and picked it up on a whim. And it was as enjoyable, perhaps even more so, than the first in the series.

It is a very interesting character study of a hitman; one who has been framed for a murder he did not commit. There is little gore and other than his career choice, Keller is an average man just trying to live his life. This novel has a lot more suspense than Hitman did, and it keeps you turning the pages because you care what happens to Keller and need to know how it gets resolved.

However, I suspect the novel would be a little less suspenseful if you had not read any other in the Keller series because this novel does not explore the origins or relationships or lifestyle of Keller and Dot; it just covers this one "issue" of being framed. This makes it more like a suspense/thriller novel than the character study Hitman is.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A good example of what it is, Jan 31 2009
By Keith Nichols (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hit And Run (Hardcover)
This is another yarn about the jolly hit man and stamp collector, John Keller, who is trying to retire from his homicidal career. It is lightweight entertainment, although as usual with Keller, you need to overlook the dead bodies he leaves behind.

Anyway, out in Des Moines, Iowa, to kill some shlub, he finds himself publicized as the likely killer of a prominent politician visiting Des Moines from another state who happens to get offed while Keller is in town. Obviously, whoever sent Keller to Des Moines wants to end his career for good by getting him put away or killed by the police.

That's the setup for what turns into a procedural detailing Kellers attempt to get back to the safe haven of his apartment in New York. Along the way, he learns that the haven isn't safe anymore, and that his carefully hoarded resources are gone. The only way out of it is to find the source of his problem and expunge it. And this is what happens.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Hunter Becomes the Prey, Jul 14 2008
This review is from: Hit And Run (Hardcover)
Imagine a world where everything unexpectedly moves in reverse: Doing your job could send you to jail; going home may mean meeting a hit man who is out to get you; instead of having money and credit, you have to steal to survive; any stranger can be a lethal threat; your most precious possessions are gone forever; and your best friend is dead. Lawrence Block uses that concept to humanize hit man John Keller and to provide you with lots of sociopathic humor about the normally unflappable killer.

The first half of this book amused me more than any other section in the earlier books in the series. I think you'll like it. I also think you'll like it more if you've read the earlier books in the series.

The second half wasn't nearly so much fun, but except for one lengthy sequence about a golf course it moved along pretty well in typical fashion for a Keller story.

I came away from the book with lots of questions about what might come next in Keller's life. When that happens, I know a book has been well written. I can hardly wait for the next book in the series.

Well done, Mr. Block!
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