A Simple Plan
by Scott Smith
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Author: Scott SmithEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Published: 2007-09-25
ISBN: 0307278271
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: Uncompromising, disturbing, brilliant
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a brilliant novel; uncompromising, disturbing, and extraordinarily well written. That said: there is no doubt that some readers are not going to like this novel. It's dark and depressing and is filled with unlikeable characters.
The plot: Three men stumble upon a small plane crashed in a remote orchard on New Year's Eve. Inside they find a dead pilot and over $4 million. They devise a simple plan. They will hold onto the money until after the plane is discovered. Once the plane is found they will wait until its safe, and then split up the cash. If the authorities get too close, they`ll burn the money. Simple. But it doesn't take long for the plan to spiral out of control when distrust and greed lead to violence.
The first person narrative is chilling. Hank Mitchell, a seemingly normal man, rationalizes each act of violence, convincing himself again and again that he had no choice. Each horrifying step he takes, makes the next easier, until finally he is lost.
This is a powerful novel about the destructive nature of greed and how the corruption of seemingly normal people rarely happens all at once, but through a series of small compromises and rationalizations. This is crime fiction; elevated.
A Simple Plan is one of the best crime novels I've read, but it won't appeal to everyone. If you can live without a happy ending and you don't mind a protagonist who has completely lost his moral compass, you'll enjoy A Simple Plan. This is an exceptionally good (but very dark) novel.
Summary of A Simple Plan
It All Seemed So Simple...Two brothers and their friend stumble upon the wreckage of a plane—the pilot is dead and his duffle bag contains four million dollars in cash. The men agree to hide, keep and share the fortune. But what started off as a simple plan slowly devolves into a gruesome nightmare none of them can control.
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