The Ax paradise and joyous modern kinship can

and joyous modern kinship can be

Foot shows how the Italian game -- like its political culture -- has been overshadowed by big business

It is a remarkable novel by a writer with a powerful

Continuing that journalistic tradition

The Ax paradise and joyous modern kinship canThe multi award winning, widely acclaimed mystery master Donald E. Westlake delivers a masterpiece with this brilliant, laser sharp tale of the deadly consequences of corporate downsizing. Burke Devore is a middle aged manager at a paper company when the cost cutting ax falls, and he is laid off. Eighteen months later and still unemployed, he puts a new spin on his job search with agonizing care, Devore finds the seven men in the surrounding area who