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Orphan X (Orphan X, 1)
by Gregg Hurwitz
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1250758793
- ISBN 13
- 9781250758798
- Seller
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Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Minotaur, October 2020. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This is a nice book with no writing or highlighting. We are real people in a real bookstore, contact us with any questions (preferrably about books).
Reviews
On Feb 4 2020, CloggieDownunder said:
Orphan X is the first book in the Orphan X series by best-selling American author, Gregg Hurwitz. Just what is Evan Smoak? Some sort of fixer, avenger? He's certainly not the importer of industrial cleaning supplies he claims to be. He flies very much under the radar; is skilful and well resourced, both materially and psychologically; extraordinarily efficient; and cautious, always cautious. But this time, in answering a call for help, has his caution been insufficient? Because suddenly, unusually, he is not completely in control of the situation.
Just what turned twelve-year-old Evan from Pride House Group Home into the accomplished (if enigmatic) man on a mission for justice, and how, is told in flashbacks. How he achieves that justice, and for whom, makes for a cleverly plotted tale full of twists and tricks and red herrings that reaches multiple exciting climaxes.
One of the commandments that Evan lives by is to deal with one mission at a time. But certain residents of his apartment block now seem to need his help regardless of what else might be needing his attention, and he's finding it hard to dismiss them. Is Evan a sucker for a sob story?
This is a novel that would translate well to film. The Las Vegas rooftop fight scene, while it might appeal to fans of mixed martial arts is, at nine pages, so long that it becomes boring enough to skip to the end. Would look great on film, though.
In setting the scene, on a scale of clunky to subtle/seamless, Hurwitz's information dump is closer to the former. A step away from literary crime fiction, what is clear from the first book is that with this series the best approach is to park your disbelief, locate the grabrail and just hold on for the (often quite far-fetched) ride! A page-turner!
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- Bookseller
- RiverRun Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 306415
- Title
- Orphan X (Orphan X, 1)
- Author
- Gregg Hurwitz
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1250758793
- ISBN 13
- 9781250758798
- Publisher
- Minotaur
- Date Published
- October 2020
- Pages
- 384
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...