Title: Death wish
First published: 1972
Description: Paul Benjamin, a successful accountant in New York City, is enjoying a three-martini lunch when his home is broken into by a gang of drug addicts. For just a handful of money, they savagely beat Paul’s wife and daughter, leaving his wife dead and his daughter comatose. Grief-stricken and forced to reevaluate his views, Benjamin becomes disillusioned with society and plots his revenge on the perpetrators, whom the police are unable to bring to justice. Armed with a revolver and total disregard for his own safety, he sets out to even the score.
Subjects: Fiction, Fiction in English, Murder, Vigilantes, thriller and suspense, Bulimia, Rock musicians, united states, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Crime, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Revenge
Places: New York (N.Y.)
LC classification: PZ4.G2315 Dc, PS3557.A715 Dc