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Title: More relevant than ever, given the present economic climate.
Review: A year after being "downsized", former paper mill worker Burke Devore is unemployed and desperate. Reading of a dream job in a trade journal, Burke conceives a plan. Running ads in "The Paperman", he solicits resumes for a position with a fictitious paper company located in his region. Using the resumes he receives in response to the ad, Burke identifies his rivals for the real job. Then, working his way along "the learning curve of murder", Burke methodically hunts and executes them, in hopes of reducing his competition.Westlake walks a fine line, but manages to make Burke a sympathetic character--it's hard not to feel for Burke, a killer who weeps for his victims and rejoices when a potential target finds a job. But it's also hard not to be scared by his methodical ways, his casual brutality, and his rationalizations for murder. Relentless and oh so very plausible, this book should shake even the most jaded reader.
