Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All
Format: PaperbackJonas Jonasson
(author), Rachel Willson-Broyles
(author)Ref: 9780062458179N (Illustrator)312 pages / Published: 26-Apr-16
Price: $17.15 Inc IVA
9,001.13 CRC
In a former brothel turned low-rent hotel, the lives of three unusual strangersa former female priest, recently fired from her church; the ruined grandson of an ex-millionaire working as a receptionist; and Killer-Anders, a murderer newly released from prisonaccidently collide with darkly hilarious results. Seeing a lucrative opportunity in Killer-Anders, the unlikely trio form an unusual new business. The Priest and The Receptionist will handle strategy and public relations, and coordinate Killer-Anders' "missions." Using the media's obsessive need for sensational, headline-making stories to advertise their talent's superb "skill," they quickly build a clientele of rich Swedish gangsters. Suddenly, they're making an altogether different kind of killing of their own. But when Killer-Anders begins asking deeper questions about purpose and meaning, his curiosity leads him to an unexpected discovery: he finds Jesus. Desperate to save the money machine they've built, The Priest and The Receptionist devise an audacious plan utilizing Killer-Anders' newfound and decidedly fervent faith.