Pest Control - Softcover

Fitzhugh, Bill

3.86

2,799 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060815302 ISBN 13: 9780060815301

Publisher: Avon A, 2005

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Bob Dillon can't get a break. A down-on-his-luck exterminator, all he wants is his own truck with a big fiberglass bug on top -- and success with his radical new, environmentally friendly pest-killing technique. So Bob decides to advertise.

Unfortunately, one of his flyers falls into the wrong hands. Marcel, a shady Frenchman, needs an assassin to handle a million-dollar hit, and he figures that Bob Dillon is his man. Through no fault -- or participation -- of his own, this unwitting pest controller from Queens has become a major player in the dangerous world of contract murder.

And now Bob's running for his life through the wormiest sections of the Big Apple -- one step ahead of a Bolivian executioner, a homicidal transvestite dwarf, meatheaded CIA agents, cabbies packing serious heat ... and the world's number-one hit man, who might just turn out to be the best friend Bob's got.

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Review:

."..this is one roach motel you'll gladly check into." (Time Out New York )

"A sweetly comic thriller...consistently sunny and good-humored." (Kirkus Reviews )

"This debut novel...hinges on a delightfully buggy idea that takes full comic advantage of New York City." (Publishers Weekly )

."..a clever and satisfying debut...offbeat, engaging, and very funny reading, it is wholly successful." (Washington Post )

"This debut novel is...goofy but great fun." (Dallas Morning News )

"Stingingly Funny." (Poeple )

"PEST CONTROL is an eccentrically comic take on the high-tech thriller...[it is a] strange and funny...curiously appealing little novel of intrigue" (National Public Radio - All Things Considered )

"A very funny and interesting book...give it to someone who needs a good laugh." (San Antonio Express-News )

"Pest Control is uber-contemporary, a hilarious, running-in-circles blend of droll farce and warped humor." (Austin American-Statesman )

"[Pest Control is]...hilarious [and] wonderful...Fitzhugh is a funny man and Pest Control is a funny book." (Elle )

..".this is one roach motel you'll gladly check into." (Time Out New York )

"A sweetly comic thriller...consistently sunny and good-humored." (Kirkus Reviews )

"This debut novel...hinges on a delightfully buggy idea that takes full comic advantage of New York City." (Publishers Weekly )

..".a clever and satisfying debut...offbeat, engaging, and very funny reading, it is wholly successful." (Washington Post )

"This debut novel is...goofy but great fun." (Dallas Morning News )

"Stingingly Funny." (Poeple )

"PEST CONTROL is an eccentrically comic take on the high-tech thriller...[it is a] strange and funny...curiously appealing little novel of intrigue" (National Public Radio - All Things Considered )

"A very funny and interesting book...give it to someone who needs a good laugh." (San Antonio Express-News )

"Pest Control is uber-contemporary, a hilarious, running-in-circles blend of droll farce and warped humor." (Austin American-Statesman )

"[Pest Control is]...hilarious [and] wonderful...Fitzhugh is a funny man and Pest Control is a funny book." (Elle )

...this is one roach motel you ll gladly check into. (Time Out New York )

A sweetly comic thriller...consistently sunny and good-humored. (Kirkus Reviews )

This debut novel...hinges on a delightfully buggy idea that takes full comic advantage of New York City. (Publishers Weekly )

...a clever and satisfying debut...offbeat, engaging, and very funny reading, it is wholly successful. (Washington Post )

This debut novel is...goofy but great fun. (Dallas Morning News )

Stingingly Funny. (Poeple )

PEST CONTROL is an eccentrically comic take on the high-tech thriller...[it is a] strange and funny...curiously appealing little novel of intrigue (National Public Radio - All Things Considered )

A very funny and interesting book...give it to someone who needs a good laugh. (San Antonio Express-News )

Pest Control is uber-contemporary, a hilarious, running-in-circles blend of droll farce and warped humor. (Austin American-Statesman )

[Pest Control is]...hilarious [and] wonderful...Fitzhugh is a funny man and Pest Control is a funny book. (Elle )