The Hitman's Guide to Housecleaning (2008)
2008
248 pages
Fiction
With some 66 hits under his belt, Tomislav Bokšić, or Toxic, has a flawless record as hitman for the Croatian mafia in New York. That is, until he kills the wrong guy and is forced to flee the States, leaving behind the life he knows and loves. Suddenly, he finds himself on a plane hurtling toward Reykjavik, Iceland, borrowing the identity of an American televangelist named Father Friendly. With no means of escape from this island devoid of gun shops and contract killing, tragicomic hilarity ensues as he is forced to come to terms with his bloody past and reevaluate his future.
"A sensational book. Hallgrimur Helgason’s brain is like this amazing app that morphs the English language into gorgeously blunt new forms. It delivers surprise after surprise and makes you feel good about books again. I can’t recommend it enough." DOUGLAS COUPLAND, AUTHOR OF GENERATION X
Reviews
"On every third page you feel the need to call your friend and read out loud for him a clever passage so that he can laugh with you."
WDR 2 BÜCHER
"An outrageously funny page-turner, crackling with suspense.”
HUFFINGTON POST
"With Hallgrimur Helgason, like with St. Paul or Hunter S. Thompson, the grace and the sin are two links of the same chain. And the craziness starts where puritanism ends. You die from laughter."
LE FIGARO LITTÉRAIRE
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