06-15-2022, 08:04 AM
The Gray Man by Mark Greaney
Greaney spent time writing books in the Tom Clancy universe before branching out. The men in this book are all manly men who know deeply about the hard business of killing, especially Courtland Gentry, the much feared Gray Man. Yes, his name shortens to Court Gentry. He's an assassin. A paladin. But he only kills the bad people. And he is hard to kill. But the most recent man he killed has a brother and that brother now needs him killed. The brother is powerful and he gets a powerful corporation to pull out all the stops in order to kill Gentry. Government Kill squads from around the globe track him across Europe trying to kill in an attempt to win the 20 million dollar bounty.
It's pretty trashy. It has a strong Lee Child vibe to it. I sense a lot of square jawed hunks in the telling.
I read this to prep for the Netflix movie based on this book directed by the Russo Brothers. It's Netflix's biggest budget movie ever. The Russo brothers brought us the last two Avernger's movies. Reading the book, I could see how it would make a big action movie. Lots of gun fights and chases and explosions. Hopefully the movie will be better than the book.
Greaney spent time writing books in the Tom Clancy universe before branching out. The men in this book are all manly men who know deeply about the hard business of killing, especially Courtland Gentry, the much feared Gray Man. Yes, his name shortens to Court Gentry. He's an assassin. A paladin. But he only kills the bad people. And he is hard to kill. But the most recent man he killed has a brother and that brother now needs him killed. The brother is powerful and he gets a powerful corporation to pull out all the stops in order to kill Gentry. Government Kill squads from around the globe track him across Europe trying to kill in an attempt to win the 20 million dollar bounty.
It's pretty trashy. It has a strong Lee Child vibe to it. I sense a lot of square jawed hunks in the telling.
I read this to prep for the Netflix movie based on this book directed by the Russo Brothers. It's Netflix's biggest budget movie ever. The Russo brothers brought us the last two Avernger's movies. Reading the book, I could see how it would make a big action movie. Lots of gun fights and chases and explosions. Hopefully the movie will be better than the book.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm