Death Wish
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Death Wish is a 1972 novel by Brian Garfield.
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WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN MURDERERS HAVE KILLED YOUR WIFE AND DESTROYED YOUR DAUGHTER?
Until that awful moment Paul Benjamin was an ordinary man--but the unspeakable violence that shattered his life turned him into someone quite different. Someone destiny was shaping into a bizarre instrument of vengeance.
Main article:Death Wish (film)
In 1974, a film based on the novel was made, starring Charles Bronson and directed by Michael Winner.
- In the Aaron Zelman novel The Mitzvah, the character, who is transitioning from a gun control advocate to someone who must learn to fend for himself, reads Death Wish and discusses it with a Jewish rabbi.