Killing Yourself to Survive: Stories
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (615 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1453264329 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 166 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Some of the best crime writing I've read all of Corbett's books. He's such a good writer, I sometimes have to stop reading because I'm sobbing uncontrollably while reading these stories. He's a writer of vulnerable characters. He writes of ethics and politics and war in our mad, violent world, yet the anguish--the personal anguish--is always expressed. How do we bear the horrors of this wo. Jay Rogers said Nice collection. Corbett knows his stuff. This is a neat collection of stories. Well written with a deft touch for timelines and including one short-short even Fredrick Brown, king of the short-shorts, would love.
A marine who learned the brutalities and frustrations of war in Fallujah, Satcher was ideal for Sterling, a shadowy corporation whose business is to kill for America when the CIA can’t. There he meets Odilia, an idealistic young lawyer dedicated to raising her country from the mire. Both want to save Guatemala, but Satcher’s method means destroying it first. This new story from the hard-boiled mind of David Corbett is a glimpse into a life most Americans prefer to ignore. He comes to Guatemala, the deadliest nation in the Americas, to kidnap a Sinaloan cartel member and turn him against his family. Seven stories of desperation and death from a master of crime fictionSterling Associates recruited Satcher in the killing fields of Iraq. Along with the six others in this volume, it provides a glimpse into the darkest corners of the modern world, and a reminder that hope springs even from the bloodiest soil.
“Corbett writes crime with a deft touch, a professional investigator’s knowledge, and a rare talent for telling details.” —Mark Coggins, author of The Immortal Game