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...Plarr works devotedly trying to cure the poor in the barrio, and his judicious view of the corruption of the world is presented with such apparent justice and restraint that the reader only gradually ceases to doubt his judgment - a doubt that Plarr at last experiences himself. His pure disgust at the physical side of life matches (and is perhaps intended to represent) the ancient Gnostic heresy that held Christ never to have been made flesh, and regarded the fleshly world as simply a dirty trick played by the devil...
...notch above his usual work. Hunt's hero this time is ex-CIA Agent Neal Thorpe, who returns to the spy game to save Werber's beautiful stepdaughter Annalise (who knows too much). He loves espionage ("He was alive again") but loathes politics. When Thorpe snorts in disgust at a mere mention of the U.N., his mysterious CIA boss, "the man called Smith," replies: "I may agree with your appraisal of the U.N., but so long as our government counts it a worthwhile forum, I feel bound to do so too." Hunt describes the CIA as "grown...
...quite akin to being sated with green chartreuse. Once asleep, I found myself again in the cemetery. A minatory wind scuttled through the silent tombstones, and Charonian shadows leapt and grimaced with unspeakable frenzy. What was most unusual for a dream was that my nose was active, wrinkling in disgust at the fetor of rotten grass and the ichor of freshly overturned earth. This time the enshrouded figure spoke to me in hollow tones: "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn." I woke up screaming...
Killing Everybody is a fortunate fall from lofty disgust. Harris has captured the pathology of the present age with out gloating over it or surrendering to despair. His characters are victims, but they have shored large fragments of human vitality against their ruin. If Killing Everybody is uneven, it is also per meated by a compelling amalgam of rage and love...
...wins next week's election, an incompetent, a liar, an as sociate of criminals and a betrayer of the public trust. After a series of "debates" between incumbent Mayor Sam Yorty, 63, and black City Councilman and Ex-Cop Thomas Bradley, 55, the Los Angeles Times complained in disgust: "Slashing personal attacks apparently win votes. Well, that is what passes for politics in Los Angeles...