The Ax
Categories: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
The Ax (1997) is a darkly comic crime novel by Donald E. Westlake. Burke Devore, a middle manager laid off from his job at a paper mill, has spent two years looking for work in an industry that keeps shrinking. Desperate, he decides the only way back is to eliminate the competition, literally, by tracking down the other qualified candidates for the one job he wants. Told from inside Burke's head, the novel is a satire of corporate downsizing.
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