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The Intern's Handbook

di Shane Kuhn

Serie: John Lago (1)

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"John Lago is an intern at one of the biggest law firms in Manhattan. He clocks eighty hours a week getting coffee, answering phones, and doing all of the shit work no one else wants to do . . . and he doesn't make a dime. But John isn't trying to claw his way to the top of the corporate food chain. He was hired to assassinate one of the firm's high profile, heavily guarded partners. His internship is the perfect cover--enabling him to gather intel and secure the access he needs to execute a clean, untraceable kill. A cinematic (and psychopathic) thriller, The Intern's Handbook is John Lago's unofficial survival guide for new recruits at Human Resources, Inc.--John's real employer and a front for one of the most elite assassin training and "placement" programs in the world. What starts as a handbook becomes a darkly comic memoir in which John chronicles his final assignment and takes the reader on a twisted, violent thrill ride in which he is pitted against the strongest adversary he has ever faced--Alice, a federal agent assigned to investigate the same law firm partner John's been hired to kill. In juxtaposition to John's blood-soaked bravado are FBI surveillance transcripts in which he unwittingly exposes the deep scars from his horrific childhood, longs to connect with his true family, and, through Alice, hopes that love will help him find redemption from the body count that haunts his past and threatens his future"--… (altro)
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On the cover f this book it says it is a thriller. Nothing could be further from the truth! This book is mildly entertaining, but as many others who have read the book have pointed out it reads more like a movie screen play, the type of movie made I. The late 60's or early 70's and exclusively shown at a drive in, in other words, schlock. The story never really goes anywhere, similar to many of the chapters in a Tim Dorsey Serge and Coleman adventure, but nowhere near as funny.
This was another book that received quite a bit of hype, and as it turns out the hype was unjustified. ( )
  zmagic69 | Mar 31, 2023 |
Really great for a first book. Ending set up for a sequel. Keep a look out ( )
  Sunandsand | Apr 30, 2022 |
I think the idea for this book was really interesting. The execution (so to speak) worked pretty well, although I found myself skipping over the details of the fight scenes toward the end.

I kept thinking that it reminded me of a cross between Grosse Pointe Blank and Burn Notice (or maybe Covert Affairs, which makes sense because the author is a screenwriter.

I liked the way the main character changed during the book. The first person narration made it easier to see that his image of himself shifted as the story progressed. Often, books like this don't feature character development, so that's definitely a plus.

Overall, worth a look. It's really a 3.5 star book. ( )
  tsmom1219 | Feb 24, 2022 |
I think I liked this but, I'm really not at all sure. It's one of the strangest tales I've ever read. It is, indeed and mostly, a handbook for interns who use internship to hide their assassin-ness. And, then there's a memoir-ish bit at the end. I think calling it a thriller is a bit of a stretch. But it is certainly interesting. ( )
  susandennis | Jun 5, 2020 |
violent, inutilement descriptif, scénario inepte. ( )
  Nikoz | Aug 9, 2018 |

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Intern's are invisible. You can tell executives your name a hundred times and they will never remember it because they have no respect for someone at the bottom of the barrel, working for free. The irony is that they will heap important duties on you with total abandon. The more of these duties you voluntarily accept, the more you will get, simultaneously acquiring TRUST AND ACCESS. Ultimately, your target will trust you with his life and that is when you will take it. --The Intern's Handbook
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"John Lago is an intern at one of the biggest law firms in Manhattan. He clocks eighty hours a week getting coffee, answering phones, and doing all of the shit work no one else wants to do . . . and he doesn't make a dime. But John isn't trying to claw his way to the top of the corporate food chain. He was hired to assassinate one of the firm's high profile, heavily guarded partners. His internship is the perfect cover--enabling him to gather intel and secure the access he needs to execute a clean, untraceable kill. A cinematic (and psychopathic) thriller, The Intern's Handbook is John Lago's unofficial survival guide for new recruits at Human Resources, Inc.--John's real employer and a front for one of the most elite assassin training and "placement" programs in the world. What starts as a handbook becomes a darkly comic memoir in which John chronicles his final assignment and takes the reader on a twisted, violent thrill ride in which he is pitted against the strongest adversary he has ever faced--Alice, a federal agent assigned to investigate the same law firm partner John's been hired to kill. In juxtaposition to John's blood-soaked bravado are FBI surveillance transcripts in which he unwittingly exposes the deep scars from his horrific childhood, longs to connect with his true family, and, through Alice, hopes that love will help him find redemption from the body count that haunts his past and threatens his future"--

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