Synopsis

The Job

$10.99

Shem Bitterman

Published by Samuel French Inc

4 Male 1 Female

Frank, a down on his luck con artist, is trying to go straight and sober. His hooker girlfriend wants to get married. He applies at an "agency" where a contractor places him in the perfect "job"

When Frank realizes he has been hired to murder an unemployed engineer who wants the insurance money for his family, he panics and subcontracts the hit to his old partner, a slick operator who is now making it as a fire and brimstone evangelist

There are deals, subdeals, and counterdeals, changes of mind and heart. Was Martin really knocked off? Where is the body? Will the Agency take revenge on Frank for a double cross? What really happened in Kansas City?

"Bitterman creates a complex mix of characters while weaving a richly textured moral tapestry" ~ Village Voice

"Richly humorous" ~ L.A. Times

"A deeply brooding and introspective sojourn through one man's attempt to repair his life ravaged psyche" ~ Variety

"Harshly graceful and haunting comic drama" ~ N.Y. Times

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