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Death Will Have Your Eyes (Paperback)

by James Sallis (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: No Exit Press (16 Sep 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1874061785
  • ISBN-13: 978-1874061786
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.5 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,332,523 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Michael Moorcock

"Sallis investigates the cynical, violent, sophisticated world of modern espionage with authority and originality. His adult view of spies and their world has all the delicious ambiguous atmosphere, the complexity of plot and character we expect from Graham Greene or John le Carre - and it goes like a bullet train. Sallis is a superb writer and this is his best novel yet!"


Jonathan Lethem

"Vivid and strange, with prose like blown glass, Death Will Have Your Eyes is somehow equal parts Borges and Trevanian's Shibumi. I was enthralled."
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2.0 out of 5 stars Long on Atmosphere, Short on Story, 20 Nov 2001
By A. Ross (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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Long on atmosphere and short on plot or action, this slim novel ultimately disappoints. The story follows a retired government assassin who is called upon to abandon his life as a sculptor to track down a former colleague who has turned freelance. As the duo play a rather dull cat and mouse game across the backroads of America, the pursuer meditates on the lonely life of the spy. Sallis captures the depressing bleak atmosphere of small-town strip-mall America, but there's not enough a a story to make it all worthwhile.
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4.0 out of 5 stars An existential meditation on spies, 9 Sep 2009
By John Ellam "Technical Author" (Royal Leamington Spa) - See all my reviews
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A retired spy gets the call he dreads - an old colleague may be after him. He must leave his life - and love - behind and hit the road to find them - or rather be found by them.
Instead of being a strap on, lock and load, weapon and gadget fest, the book has the protagonist considering his options and the strange nature of his "old" job while traveling through America.
It is a slow journey with several unusual thought provoking moments and a few twists and turns, which ultimately reaches its satisfactory conclusion.
While he assesses what is important in his life, you might find yourself doing the same.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this book., 7 May 2009
This review is from: Death Will Have Your Eyes (No Exit Press 18 Years Classic) (Paperback)
This was such a refreshing change from the usual retired spy forced to return for one more mission and kill fellow agent gone rogue. All those aspects present but no gung ho violence, great dry humour, and a really believable hero with believable relationships. Also great atmosphere.

If you're looking for the usual mixture there are plenty of authors to go to. I was delighted to find this book, and this author who I had not heard of before. I'll now be looking for more of his books.
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