Wet Work

by Christopher Buckley

Book Overview

When his granddaughter dies from a drug overdose, billionaire Charley Becker starts a private war against dope smugglers and drug barons. The trail of revenge leads him on an increasingly violent and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394571932
• ISBN13: 9780394571935
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Imagine a cross between Tom Clancy and Tom McGuane

A simple premise ... a wealthy American businessman's only granddaugter dies of a cocaine overdose. He decides that he's going to kill everyone who had anything to do with it, starting with her boyfriend and ending with the head of the Columbian drug cartel. Along the way yachts are wrecked and burned, secret love affairs are revealed, priests are consulted, and plenty of smartass dialogue is emitted. Buckley obviously knows what really rich people are really like, and in addition to having a great plot and memorable charactes, it's full of consistently interesting observations. A good book