The Assassins (Hardcover)

by Elia Kazan (Author)

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Product Description
Master Sergeant Cesario Flores is a troubled man. A career non-com, he feels safe in his well-ordered life. So when his precious daughter Juana joins the tuned-in, dropped-out generation, Flores breaks into little pieces...with murder the result.

THE ASSASSINS is set in the United States during the '70s, a violent time at home and abroad. It's about two specific murders, but more than that it focused on a murderous way of life. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 311 pages
• Publisher: Stein and Day; 1st edition (January 1, 1972)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812814274
• ISBN-13: 978-0812814279
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,728,624 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great account of hippies and old-fashioned army-people, November 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Assassins (Paperback)

Exellent book on the generational conflict of the hippie-era. It's a story about the coldblooded killing of a hippie, a murder that confronts both sides of the community in an army-base-city in New Mexico: The so-called free-minded, well-drugged hippies opposing everything the old system has to offer, and the cynical conservative army-people. It's a hillarious, yet serious, story that perfectly describes the absurdities of an american period, the generational conflict - and, most of all, the very loss of true human feeling in a time full of systems and ideologies. If you like Heller and Vonnegut, read this book, if you don't, read it anyway....

4.0 out of 5 stars Terrific character development and interplay, February 15, 2007

By	John Carsten "Eclectic Reader and Critic" (E. Berne, NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

While I was around during the "hippie" era I was not a part of the genre. I do remember the constant friction between the war protestors and the military or establishment folks. The characters are very believable and generally react as you would expect. I guess the disturbing part of the story is how everyone expected the eventual trial decision. Even more how Sergeant Morales wanted the reward for the almost staged attack on himself. The story got me thinking a lot about the early 70s. I suppose being a young adult at the time gave me more appreciation for the twists and turns developed by Mr. Kazan.

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Much Action, April 7, 2002

By	John G. Hilliard (Toronto Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Assassins (Paperback)

I thought there was going to more action with this book based on the title. That was not the case; there is more of an overall story that takes the full length of the book to develop. The story is put together very well and the characters are great. It just did not move fast enough for me. If you like the pace and style of his movies, then you will like this book.