Pest Control: A Novel - Softcover

Fitzhugh, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380788683 ISBN 13: 9780380788682

Publisher: Avon Books, 1998

Synopsis

When Bob Dillon takes the initiative to advertise his new pest-killing technique, the advertisement falls into the hands of a Parisian named Marcel who is looking for an assassin, setting off a series of humorous events that leads Bob into a world of murder and intrigue with a cast of motley characters. Reprint.

About this title

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 )

"

...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 )

About the Author:

Bill Fitzhugh is the award-winning author of eight satiric crime novels. The New York Times called him "a strange and deadly amalgam of screenwriter and comic novelist. His facility and wit, and his taste for the perverse, put him in a league with Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard." Fitzhugh's debut novel, Pest Control, was one of Amazon's Top 50 mysteries in 1997; it has been translated into half a dozen languages, produced as a stage musical, and a German radio show. Warner Brothers owns the film rights. Since 2005, Fitzhugh has also written, produced, and hosted "Fitzhugh's All Hand Mixed Vinyl" on Sirius-XM Satellite Radio's Deep Tracks channel. He is one of only three outside hosts on Deep Tracks. The other two are Tom Petty and Bob Dylan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Avon Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0380788683
• ISBN 13: 9780380788682
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback