Nov 22 2009
Pest Control
Product Description
Bob Dillon can’t get a break. A down-on-his-luck exterminator, all he wants is his own truck with a big fiberglass bug on top — and success with his radical new, environmentally friendly pest-killing technique. So Bob decides to advertise. Unfortunately, one of his flyers falls into the wrong hands. Marcel, a shady Frenchman, needs an assassin to handle a million-dollar hit, and he figures that Bob Dillon is his man. Through no fault — or participation — of his o… More >>
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This book is a whirlwind of fun from start to finish! I literally zipped through the book and was begging for me… which led me to research the referenced authors on the back jacket which led to me discovering Hiassen and Westlake. In looking back, this book is very similar to Westlake’s early work and not much like Hiassen. Someone should make this into a movie!
Rating: 5 / 5
PEST CONTROL was my first book by Mr. Fitzhugh and 30 pages into it I decided it will probably be my last. The plot outline–ordinary Joe too fixated on his entomological obsession to notice he’s been accidentally mistaken for an international assassin–is an ingeniously set stage ripe for grand comedy. Alas, the curtain never rises above knee level. The central events & conversations which must create the grand illusion on which the story hinges are unimaginative, unconvincing, and alas, not very funny. The story goes from there into an adolescent action slapstick, full of too many hastily-created throwaway characters that mostly showcase the author’s lack of descriptive power.
If ever a story cried out for an editor this it it. His awful similes (“Their hearts were harder than trying to open an oyster with a wet bus ticket.”) only look good compared to the juvenile imagination which chases the increasingly implausible plot into an oddly tedious crescendo of casual New York slaughter. The final resolution tries to leap too many logical potholes to survive the crossing into epilogue intact. The utter unreality of Fitzhugh’s cartoonish world could have been a comedic asset if it were consistent, but it doesn’t just migrate as the pages wear on, it gallops away, leaving this reader wondering by the end why he didn’t quit on page 30.
Rating: 2 / 5
This is a fun book, well written and enjoyable. The first by an author who is improving and gaining in many ways, it is a smart addition to any collection.
Rating: 5 / 5
… its one of the most funniest books I’ve ever read… Very well written with extremely clever word usements…
Rating: 5 / 5
Bill Fitzhugh is a great author, and very creative. I found the book histaricle from the beginning! The cover jumps out at you and makes you buy the book.The book sounds stupid, but it is the best book ever! I just bought the book for a project and couldn’t put it down! I am already searching for more books by Bill Fitzhugh. READ THIS BOOK!
Rating: 5 / 5