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Title: No more Mr. Nice Guy
Review: Westlake echoes an earlier Herman Kahn's "thinking the unthinkable". This gristly chiller has a middle aged, middle management victim of corporate downsizing decide to ignore the rational norms of civilized society to resolve his dilemma. Burke Devore (devour?) methodically eliminates his perceived job competition by murdering each possible candiate for the job he wants. Devore, who has led the most conventional of standard American life, is completely frustrated in his attempts to continue that life through fair play. From a frightening analysis he comes to realize that only a brutal rejection of the accepted ethic will restore a semblance of what he has lost. This story is a jarring read, and unpleasantly suggests that even in peace we can be victims as much as we could be in war, when individuals are sacrificed in the determination to win at all costs. Devore's actions are an extension of modern corporate will.
