Shotgun Opera
by Victor Gischler
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Author: Victor GischlerEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-04-25
ISBN: 0440241715
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Dell
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Book Review: Pure fun; pure thriller
Summary: 5 Stars
"Shotgun Opera" is pure, escapist thriller fun. The first few pages have all the expected touches of a serious thriller. Dan and Mike Foley are hitmen who clean up for the mob with no concern for the innocent who might be in the way. Until tonight. Mike does something that wakens his conscience and brings a bloody career to a close.
That was 1965. Fast forward to 2005 where Andrew Foley, son of the now deceased by natural causes Dan Foley helps two mob connected buddies with a small cargo diversion job on the waterfront. Whoops! As the corpses start piling up, Andrew needs to run before he is terminated by an unknown enemy. He dials the number given him by his late father, the number for his Uncle Mike who grows grapes in Oklahoma.
From this point on the plot has huge holes and disconnects; the characters are delightfully outlandish. Nikki Enders, hitwoman extraordinaire. The mystery man who provides her contractors. Nikki's mom, Middle Sister, Litte Sister, all of whom are murderous and more than a bit oit of the mainstream of Ameican life. Ortega, an illegal immigrant with a dream of a crime empire; Enrique Mars, self-confident murderer. Jack Sprat, contortionist and part-time killer and his 300 pound alligator wrestling wife.
And poor old Mike Foley, long retired hitman who just wants to be left alone with his guilt, grapes and bad back in the middle of nowhere Oklahoma.
It is not to be.
Nephew Andrew shows up seeking safety and the assorted killers aren't far behind.
There is no pretense to seriousness in this thriller: it is simply a fun romp filled with interesting (if bizarre) characters, mayhem, murder, the occasional surprise and, of course, a happy, if violent, ending.
Jerry
Summary of Shotgun Opera
Mike Foley can never forget the night he tagged along with his brother on a job for the mob that ended in a hail of bullets. Now his brother is dead, Mike?s making wine in Oklahoma, and life is almost as good as it gets when you?ve been hiding out for forty years. Until his past comes calling.Mike?s nephew Andrew needs to disappear, and he needs to do it yesterday. Hanging with the wrong kind of friends, he?s seen something he shouldn?t have, and now he?s running for his life with an assassin on his trail. The consummate professional hit woman, Nikki Enders is the most lethal of a deadly sisterhood. And Andrew Foley is next on her extermination list. Unless Uncle Mike can stop her. As kill teams descend on Foley?s farm, one pissed-off ex?tough guy is about to take a final, all-or-nothing stand with shotguns blazing....
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