(pb; 1983)
From the back cover
“A soldier of fortune. His cat. His ex-lover. With a clean shot at 10 million.
“All they have to do is read the want ads. Blackmail the CIA. Shut down a major American city.
“And get away with it.”
Review
Metzger’s is a
fun, action-punctuated and relatively light-in-tone heist and blackmail tale, one
that sports a 1970s-cinematic, semi-loose-in-telling (but always focused and
character-centric) feel, especially in comparison with Perry’s four-book, tightly edited Butcher’s Boy series. This touch of the offbeat in this
ambitious, animal-friendly heist/ransom story makes Metzger’s and its characters
a joy to read (about, particularly Chinese Gordon, a.k.a. Leroy Charles Gordon).
Worth owning, this, especially for fans of Charles Willeford and his creative ilk.
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