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- Condition
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- Book 1 of 2
- Assassin Bug Thrillers
- Listening Length
- 7 hours and 38 minutes
- Author
- Bill Fitzhugh
- Narrator
- Colby Elliott
- Publication date
- December 9, 2010
- Language
- English
Description
Bob Dillon is a down-on-his-luck exterminator from Queens who just wants to make a killing with his radical new environmentally friendly pest elimination technique, involving his hybrid assassin bugs (a very real group of insects). But when Bob decides to advertise, his flyer falls into the hands of a European murder-for-hire broker who mistakes Bob for a professional assassin. Before he knows it, Bob's "competition" targets him for extermination, sending him running for his life from a motley collection of the world's deadliest and most outrageously eccentric contract killers. Read more
Specs 9
| Book 1 of 2 | Assassin Bug Thrillers |
|---|---|
| Listening Length | 7 hours and 38 minutes |
| Author | Bill Fitzhugh |
| Narrator | Colby Elliott |
| Publication date | December 9, 2010 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Last Word Audio |
| Version | Unabridged |
| Program Type | Audiobook |
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Top Amazon Reviews
Love this Offbeat Author
This was Bill Fitzhugh's first book I believe. If you like offbeat, some twisted humor or just love Entomology (bugs) you should enjoy this one. Read his others if you do. They evolve in my opinion. It's been a long time since his last book so if you fall in love with his characters and storylines there seems to be a limit to what will be available. He seems like an interesting person too - look him up if you get hooked. I have only read one Carl Hiaasen's book, Razor Girl, so not an authority but Mr. Fitzhugh trumps for me.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2020 by Alain D.
Entertaining mostly
Format: Mass Market Paperback
I bought Pest Control because Fitzhugh's writing is supposedly comparable to that of Christopher Moore. Not close! Bob Dillon is a down-on-his luck exterminator. He quits his job with a company that uses chemicals to kill pests in order to pursue his dream of establishing an all-natural pest control method using hybrid assassin insects that prey on cockroaches and the like. Things turn very interesting when he answers a New York Times classified ad seeking an "exterminator," little knowing that the "pest" the advertiser wants dead is a human one. Circumstances are such that Bob unwittingly becomes a world-renowned hit-man with a ten million dollar contract on his own life. As a result, Bob finds himself the target of all of the world's top-rated hit men, in addition to a jaded CIA agent and others. Pest Control is humorous, but not hilarious. It is well written and reads very quickly, despite too many lengthy scientific descriptions of and references to various creepy crawly critters. A pleasant diversion for a summer read. Leaving content aside for a moment, my paperback copy (bought from Amazon) fell apart as I read it, with the cover coming competely off as if it had barely been glued on. It's not much fun to read a book clutching clusters of pages to keep them from falling onto the beach. Who's responsible for quality control?
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Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2002 by A Vandermeer
A great debut novel from Bill Fitzhugh!
This hilarious novel is the story of Bob Dillon, a professional exterminator who wants to branch out into his own business with a revolutionary new idea for pest control (which, incidentally, is pretty darn clever). His attempts to advertise, however, wind up being misconstrued by some unsavory types who think that they've found themselves the perfect new hit-man. Although Bob is quick to realize the miscommunication, it doesn't do him much good as fate seems to want him to advance in this new unchosen profession. And unfortunately for Bob, some competitors aren't too keen with the new guy on the block. If you want a novel that will make you chuckle often, and laugh out loud several times, you should pick up this book!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2014 by Amazon Customer
easy fun read
Quick, easy fun read. I enjoyed the humour and the premise. Other than that like I said - a quick read and I'd give it an okay.
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2014 by anthony
Your Latest Life Lesson
If you’re here for your latest life lesson, it’s this: Don’t ever answer an exterminator ad. You might find your life terminated, after the CIA takes a hit out on you. Sure, the money sounds good and all, but fifty grand ain’t what it used to be. And if I have a choice between life and death, I think I’ll go with life, Bob. PEST CONTROL finds us in the midst of a painful existence of one Bob Dillon (not to be confused with the Bob Dylan) who has some trouble with bugs after he shoves a garden hose up his boss’s nose. Yes, the man has anger management issues, and he’s probably breathed in his share of toxic fumes (which doesn’t really help his cause). What he lacks in employment, though, he more than makes up for in spirit. Or you could just call it gusto. He hops up on desks and shouts to the heavens and breeds beetles in his spare room and deals with one pissed off landlord on a semi-regular basis. If that isn’t bad enough, he also has a hit man named Klaus (not to be confused with Santa) breathing down his neck. There’s also a little person who has a penchant for pink panties, which wouldn’t be so bad except the she is a he; a hit woman (after all we’re equal opportunity employers here) with a fondness for shoving white truffles down the gullet of her latest victim; a cowboy with his own rodeo and a fondness for killing; and other nefarious individuals who shall not be named. If you’re looking for the straight and narrow, you won’t find it here. What you will find are enough strange individuals to fill an entire city block, an over-the-top plot that at times had trouble maintaining believability, dialogue that shuddered, a narrative that might have had a loophole or two in logic and a bit of a jump in time, and pages plastered with dead insects in every possible manner known to the pest community. If you can believe it, this was even musical material. While I’m not sure I understand that particular angle, I did find myself amused at what took place over the course of this tale. If you have a penchant for half-baked tales that could have been composed on the back of a napkin after you (and possibly the author) surrounded yourselves in a smoke-filled haze, then this story’s for you. Just make sure you wash your hands first and then possibly after. Robert Downs Author of Falling Immortality: Casey Holden, Private Investigator
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Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2014 by Robert Downs
Bill Fitzhugh, How Glad am I to Find Ye
As an avid reader of Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey, Christopher Moore and the like, I gotta say that “Pest Control” is definitely in the same class. Anyone who can weave predacious insects, midget assassins with a predilection for young girl attire, and a good guy who just loves his family so effortlessly into such a gut busting good read deserves attention. The storytelling and “voice on the page” make for a very good read. I’m so happy I found Bill Fitzhugh (Thanks, Goodreads) and I just downloaded “The Exterminators.”
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Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2014 by The Fox Red
I laughed...
Format: Hardcover
This story is one of senses. Suspend doubt for a second people! Immerse yourself in the characters and senses. You can smell the characters' perspiration but at the same time you can see the characters as truly cartoony and this leads to wondrous situations. It is easy to see why Warner Bros. bought up this as a screen play. The characters are so just that, characters that they create surreal comedic situations rarely seen in Gen X writers. I read this book on my lunch hour over and over. Once I laughed so hard I had to wipe away tears, bookmark the page, wait minutes until my laughing lapsed. Then I read one more sentence, ONE MORE SENTENCE! and burst into tears once again. If you are planning on reading this book do. Just sit back, relax and make sure you aren't drinking any hot beverages when you read it.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2002 by I. am
Short, simple, fun
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pest Control is a light-hearted book which uses a fast pace and off-the-wall humor to make up for any depth problems. Standard story. Upstart assassin bursts onto the scene, creating mayhem in the world of professional killers. Problem. Upstart assassin can't even fulfill a contract to rid a restaurant of roaches, let alone kill some of the most guarded men in the world. The story of Bob Dillon's flirtation with contract killers is a page-turner. Not really out of suspense, because you can't imagine that Fitzhugh would subject his characters to anything other than a fairy-tale ending, but out of unabated curiosity. You want to know how in the heck Dillon and his cohorts will survive to breed another strain of hybrid bug-eating bugs. Of course Fitzhugh answers with simple and hilarious solutions which are, towards the end of the book, more and more absurd and predictable. Overall, I'm slightly embarrassed that I like this book as much as do. Nonetheless, I would recommend it to anyone looking for an easy and humorous read.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2005 by el