000			02007nam a22002537a 4500
999			_c12236 _d12235
003			OSt
005			20231109151833.0
008			190215s2006 nyu 000 1 eng d
020			_a140006421X
040			_cQCPL _erda
082			_aFic
100	1		_aLiss, David _eauthor
245	1	4	_aThe ethical assassin _b: a novel _c/ David Liss
264		1	_aNew York : _bBallantine Books, _c[2006]
300			_a327 pages
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
520			_aNo one is more surprised than Lem Altick when it turns out he’s actually good at peddling encyclopedias door to door. He hates the predatory world of sales, but he needs the money to pay for college. Then things go horribly wrong. In a sweltering trailer in rural Florida, a couple whom Lem has spent hours pitching is shot dead before his eyes, and the unassuming young man is suddenly pulled into the dark world of conspiracy and murder. Not just murder: assassination– or so claims the killer, the mysterious and strangely charismatic Melford Kean, who has struck without remorse and with remarkable good cheer. But the self-styled ethical assassin hadn’t planned on a witness, and so he makes Lem a deal: Stay quiet and there will be no problems. Go to the police and take the fall. Before Lem can decide, he is drawn against his will into the realm of the assassin, a post-Marxist intellectual with whom he forms an unlikely (and perhaps unwise) friendship. The ethical assassin could be a charming sociopath, eco-activist, or vigilante for social justice. To unravel the mystery and save himself, Lem must descend deep into a bizarre world he never knew existed, where a group of desperate–and genuinely deranged–schemers have hatched a plan that will very likely keep Lem from leaving town alive.
650			_aSales personnel _vFiction
655		7	_2gsafd _aSuspense fiction _910528
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
690			_aMystery, thriller & suspense