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'LIGHT DUTIES
LARGE PAY
NO QUESTIONS ASKED ... OR ANSWERED
'After seeing a curious flyer, Freya takes a job caring for Elijah, the comatose son of the eccentric Vincetti family. She soon discovers that the Vincetti’s labyrinthine mansion hides a wealth of secrets, their corporate rivals have a nasty habit of being extravagantly executed, and Elijah is not the saint they portray him to be.
'As well, Marilyn Monroe keeps showing up, unaware she’s very much deceased. And there’s something very strange about the story that Elijah’s brother Jack is writing …
'Killing Adonis is a tragicomic tale about love, delusion, corporate greed and the hazards of using pineapple cutters while hallucinating.' (Publication summary)
Notes
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Dedication: for my father, who is thankfully nothing at all like Harland Vincetti.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also dyslexic edition
- Also large print.
- Also braille.
Works about this Work
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Book Review – Killing Adonis by J M Donellan
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Booklover Book Reviews 2016;
— Review of Killing Adonis 2014 single work novel -
Review : Killing Adonis
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , vol. 94 no. 1 2014; (p. 22)
— Review of Killing Adonis 2014 single work novel
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Review : Killing Adonis
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , vol. 94 no. 1 2014; (p. 22)
— Review of Killing Adonis 2014 single work novel -
Book Review – Killing Adonis by J M Donellan
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Booklover Book Reviews 2016;
— Review of Killing Adonis 2014 single work novel
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