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The Seventh: A Parker Novel (Parker Novels), Stark 9780226771052 New Pap+=
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- 2009-08-15
- ISBN
- 9780226771052
- EAN
- 9780226771052
- Book Title
- Seventh : a Parker Novel
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.4 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, Crime, Mystery & Detective / General
- Item Width
- 5.2 in
- Item Weight
- 6.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 168 Pages
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Parker, the ruthless antihero of Richard Stark's eponymous mystery novels, is one of the most unforgettable characters in hardboiled noir. Lauded by critics for his taut realism, unapologetic amorality, and razor-sharp prose style-and adored by fans who turn each intoxicating page with increasing urgency-Stark is a master of crime writing, his books as influential as any in the genre. The University of Chicago Press has embarked on a project to return the early volumes of this series to print for a new generation of readers to discover-and become addicted to. In The Seventh , the heist of a college football game goes bad, and the take is stolen by a crazed, violent amateur. Parker must outrun the cops-and the killer-to retrieve his cash. "Parker . . . lumbers through the pages of Richard Stark's noir novels scattering dead bodies like peanut shells. . . . In a complex world he] makes things simple."-William Grimes, New York Times "Whatever Stark writes, I read. He's a stylist, a pro, and I thoroughly enjoy his attitude."-Elmore Leonard "Westlake knows precisely how to grab a reader, draw him or her into the story, and then slowly tighten his grip until escape is impossible."- Washington Post Book World "Donald Westlake's Parker novels are among the small number of books I read over and over. Forget all that crap you've been telling yourself about War and Peace and Proust-these are the books you'll want on that desert island."-Lawrence Block
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226771059
ISBN-13
9780226771052
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72642815
Product Key Features
Book Title
Seventh : a Parker Novel
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, Crime, Mystery & Detective / General
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
168 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8 in
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Item Weight
6.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Ps3573.E9s48 2009
Reviews
"Last year the University of Chicago Press acknowledged their excellence by embarking on a uniform edition of the first 16 novels in the series. . . . Whether early or late, the Parker novels are all superlative literary entertainments. . . . Parker's only virtues are his intelligence and his professionalismyet somehow you always end up rooting for him. Nietzsche knew why: When you look into an abyss, the abyss looks into you."Terry Teachout, Weekly Standard, Parker is a brilliant invention. . . . What chiefly distinguishes Westlake, under whatever name, is his passion for process and mechanics. . . . Parker appears to have eliminated everything from his program but machine logic, but this is merely protective coloration. He is a romantic vestige, a free-market anarchist whose independent status is becoming a thing of the past., Richard Stark writes a harsh and frightening story of criminal warfare and vengeance with economy, understatement and a deadly amoral objectivity--a remarkable addition to the list of the shockers that the French call roman noirs., Richard Stark's Parker novels . . . are among the most poised and polished fictions of their time and, in fact, of any time., Elmore Leonard wouldn't write what he does if Stark hadn't been there before. And Quentin Tarantino wouldn't write what he does without Leonard. . . . Old master that he is, Stark does all of them one better., Last year the University of Chicago Press acknowledged their excellence by embarking on a uniform edition of the first 16 novels in the series. . . . Whether early or late, the Parker novels are all superlative literary entertainments. . . . Parker's only virtues are his intelligence and his professionalism--yet somehow you always end up rooting for him. Nietzsche knew why: When you look into an abyss, the abyss looks into you., The University of Chicago Press has recently undertaken a campaign to get Parker back in print in affordable and handsome editions, and I dove in. And now I get it., Donald Westlake's Parker novels are among the small number of books I read over and over. Forget all that crap you've been telling yourself about War and Peace and Proust-these are the books you'll want on that desert island., Last year the University of Chicago Press acknowledged their excellence by embarking on a uniform edition of the first 16 novels in the series. . . . Whether early or late, the Parker novels are all superlative literary entertainments. . . . Parker's only virtues are his intelligence and his professionalism-yet somehow you always end up rooting for him. Nietzsche knew why: When you look into an abyss, the abyss looks into you., Fiercely distracting . . . . Westlake is an expert plotter; and while Parker is a blunt instrument of a human being depicted in rudimentary short grunts of sentences, his take on other characters reveals a writer of great humor and human understanding., "Last year the University of Chicago Press acknowledged their excellence by embarking on a uniform edition of the first 16 novels in the series. . . . Whether early or late, the Parker novels are all superlative literary entertainments. . . . Parker's only virtues are his intelligence and his professionalism-yet somehow you always end up rooting for him. Nietzsche knew why: When you look into an abyss, the abyss looks into you."-Terry Teachout, Weekly Standard, Westlake knows precisely how to grab a reader, draw him or her into the story, and then slowly tighten his grip until escape is impossible., The UC Press mission, to reprint the 1960s Parker novels of Richard Stark (the late Donald Westlake), is wholly admirable. The books have been out of print for decades, and the fast-paced, hard-boiled thrillers featuring the thief Parker are brilliant., Richard Stark writes a harsh and frightening story of criminal warfare and vengeance with economy, understatement and a deadly amoral objectivity-a remarkable addition to the list of the shockers that the French call roman noirs., Parker . . . lumbers through the pages of Richard Stark's noir novels scattering dead bodies like peanut shells. . . . In a complex world [he] makes things simple., "I wouldn't care to speculate about what it is in Westlake's psyche that makes him so good at writing about Parker, much less what it is that makes me like the Parker novels so much. Suffice it to say that Stark/Westlake is the cleanest of all noir novelists, a styleless stylist who gets to the point with stupendous economy, hustling you down the path of plot so briskly that you have to read his books a second time to appreciate the elegance and sober wit with which they are written."--Terry Teachout, Commentary, Donald Westlake's Parker novels are among the small number of books I read over and over. Forget all that crap you've been telling yourself about War and Peace and Proust--these are the books you'll want on that desert island., If you're a fan of noir novels and haven't yet read Richard Stark, you may want to give these books a try. Who knows? Parker may just be the son of a bitch you've been searching for., "I wouldn't care to speculate about what it is in Westlake's psyche that makes him so good at writing about Parker, much less what it is that makes me like the Parker novels so much. Suffice it to say that Stark/Westlake is the cleanest of all noir novelists, a styleless stylist who gets to the point with stupendous economy, hustling you down the path of plot so briskly that you have to read his books a second time to appreciate the elegance and sober wit with which they are written."-Terry Teachout, Commentary
Copyright Date
2009
Lccn
2009-006775
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
22
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