THE MAN WITH FIFTY COMPLAINTS

by Mary McMullen ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 10, 1978

A surprisingly offbeat entry from a usually rather clumsy and shrill melodramaret. Middle-aged Lester Timmons, in a dead-end P-R job with the huge multinational Bela Corp. and tormented by his miserable wife, conceives a pathetic plan for petty revenge and serf-aggrandizement: he will compile a list of 50 wrongdoings within the corporation and mail it to Marcus Bela in Geneva. For a while Lester's little list is an office joke, but soon he's frightening some ruthless wrongdoers and becoming an inevitable murder victim. Involved in the action--which does eventually hyperventilate into some frenetic running about--is a cool, semi-courting couple that acts as reluctant guardian of Lester's accumulating scribblings. Not terribly satisfying, but perky and disarming at the start--enough so to keep you tuned in.

Pub Date: Nov. 10, 1978

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 1978

Categories: FICTION