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Khmer Kill, The: A Dox Short Story (2014)

by Barry Eisler(Favorite Author)

4.05 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1480592765 (ISBN13: 9781480592766)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Brilliance Audio

review 1: The Khmer Kill was good good stuff!! Eisler does a phenomenal job of taking words and painting pictures as clear as movies! He goes into crystal clear detail about the setting, the mood, the energy...Ive never been to anywhere near Asia, but I can imagine every scene as im reading.This is a short read but still strong. Took about an hour to read. Dox was perfect in his first short story. He is the same ol guy from the rain books, but the reader learns more about Dox's inner self. There are a lot of ways that Rain and Dox are similar in style, but they also are very different people. Dox is in Cambodia for this adventure, and he does the Dox thang.. a lot.. Hahah :DI laughed a lot reading this, but it was always in the right spots and had great delivery. Eisler did a great... more job with this one! ¡¡¡All the Rain books have been pretty awesome!!! Only problem was...it was too short!.. and I don't mean the rapper! .. Need more Dox! -TrumpetBling
review 2: Barry Eisler's latest short, The Khmer Kill, reminds me of bane of grammar class...the dreaded dangling participle. We are just left hanging; with our tongues out and our pulse rates soaring. But hanging none the less. Two more chapters would have given us so much closure.Unlike Eisler's other shorts (Paris is a Bitch and Lost Coast) Khmer Kill is more a political thriller. And just like the previous shorts, the pace is fast and the resolution leaves more questions than answers.Dox is a fairly new character to the list of Rain/Larison/Treven killers-for-hire.I am convinced that Dox is Eisler's alter-ego. Same dry, dark humor. Questionable libido control. Distrust of power. Although the humor wasn't featured in Khmer Kill, Dox's strong honor of purpose shows through. His attachment to a lovely young Cambodian woman and his "paid and get laid" lifestyle are balanced carefully.The Khmer Kill is a good, quick read for a Summer's afternoon. Enlarged and built upon it would be a great full novel.The 'dangling participle' kept this from a full five stars. Well earned 4 stars. less

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