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Country United States Publication date 1975 ISBN 0-87131-198-4 Genres Crime, Drama, Thriller | 3.5/5 Goodreads Language English Pages 209 Originally published 1975 Page count 209 Publisher Rowman & Littlefield | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Brian Garfield books Death Wish, Hopscotch, Wild times, Buchanan's Revenge, The threepersons hunt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Death Sentence is the 1975 sequel novel to Death Wish by Brian Garfield.
Contents
Plot introduction
Six months after Death Wish, Paul Benjamin has moved from New York to Chicago after his catatonic daughter died in an institution, the result of the brutal attack that transformed him into a vigilante. Paul resumes his private vendetta against crime as he stalks criminals in the streets of Chicago. The only thing that distracts him from his part-time crusade against crime is a beautiful woman with whom he starts cordially dating in his ordinary life. As Paul ends up having a double life, a copycat vigilante is out in the streets violently killing off criminals just like Paul. What's worse is that vigilantism soon begins to become a cry of publicity as the police have to look for their man before innocent people start dying out of injustice. Paul is not only after criminals or justice anymore, but he's also looking for a man who is as equally as dangerous as the vigilante he has become.
Film adaptation
Death Wish II (1981) borrows some elements from the book, but ultimately it contrasts with the book's storyline, characters and setting.
In 2007, a film based on the novel (though a completely different storyline) was made, starring Kevin Bacon and directed by James Wan.