{"product_id":"9781617755903","title":"A Killing for Christ","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This reissue marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of journalist Hamill's first novel...In a new introduction, Hamill comments on the book's influences and what he now considers its primary theme: the loss of faith.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for the original 1968 edition:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A Killing for Christ\u003c\/i\u003e is a fast-paced, topical thriller...Hamill’s prose is stylishly punchy...I would guess that Hamill admires Hemingway, Jimmy Breslin, and Mickey Spillane--not always in that order.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Helen Macinnes touch...the Hitchcock air.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The style and substance of this first novel owes much to hardboiled, gutsy, private-eye fiction and to a general submersion into obscenity and violence.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA secret agent out of John le Carré...a spoiled priest-hero out of Graham Greene...a high-voltage novel of suspense that is Pete Hamill’s own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe man in priest's garb gets out of the elevator at the top floor, leaving the gate ajar. He removes the rifle from under his habit and opens the breech. It's loaded. He closes it and steps to the edge of the roof. St. Peter's Square is spread out before him like a great, colorful lake. There are more people than he has ever seen before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow the target arrives. The man on top of the building sights down the rifle at the small figure below. His finger is ready on the trigger, ready to gun down His Holiness, the Vicar of Christ...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041964179696,"sku":"9781617755903","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617755903_p0.jpg?v=1763850761","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617755903","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}