And Bill, Butcher's Boy (1982) is a hit man novel, a very
good one, in
fact. Ten years later, Perry wrote a sequel, Sleeping Dogs,
but I heard
it wasn't nearly as good so I never got around to reading it.
My
favorite Thomas Perry, however, is Metzger's Dog, a Ross
Thomas-style
humorous caper novel. I always felt that the lead character's
name,
Chinese Gordon, was Perry's homage to Chinamen's
Chance.
I haven't read any of Perry's Jane Whitefield,
professional
"disappearer," novels. I've recently seen some good things
written
about them, though. Anyone have an opnion?
Mark
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