Ask the Parrot
A Parker Novel
1st Edition
Published on 22. December 2022
288 pages
978-0-226-48579-9 (ISBN)
Description
The coldblooded criminal known as Parker tries, and fails, to stay under the radar in rural New England: "Nobody does the noir thriller better than Stark." -
San Diego Union-Tribune
In Ask the Parrot, the followup to Nobody Runs Forever, ruthless thief Parker is back on the run, dodging dogs, cops, and even a helicopter. His escape brings him to rural Massachusetts, where he is forced to work with a small-town recluse nursing a grudge against the racetrack that fired him. Even in hiding, Parker manages to get up to no good. It'll be a deadly day at the races...
"Richard Stark's Parker crime novels are the ultimate page-turners." -Jonathan Ames, The Boston Globe
"Parker is a blunt instrument of a human being." -John Hodgman, Parade
"Often funny, laced with Stark's brutally morbid humor... fast-moving, tense scenes that drip with potential violence before, inevitably, exploding into actual violence." -Christopher Bahn, AV Club
In Ask the Parrot, the followup to Nobody Runs Forever, ruthless thief Parker is back on the run, dodging dogs, cops, and even a helicopter. His escape brings him to rural Massachusetts, where he is forced to work with a small-town recluse nursing a grudge against the racetrack that fired him. Even in hiding, Parker manages to get up to no good. It'll be a deadly day at the races...
"Richard Stark's Parker crime novels are the ultimate page-turners." -Jonathan Ames, The Boston Globe
"Parker is a blunt instrument of a human being." -John Hodgman, Parade
"Often funny, laced with Stark's brutally morbid humor... fast-moving, tense scenes that drip with potential violence before, inevitably, exploding into actual violence." -Christopher Bahn, AV Club
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Richard Stark was one of the many pseudonyms of Donald E. Westlake (1933-2008), a prolific author of crime fiction. In 1993, the Mystery Writers of America bestowed the society's highest honor on Westlake, naming him a Grand Master. For a Parker character guide and infographics, visit Fifty Years of Parker, http://parkerseries.uchicago.edu/.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Foreword
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- Two
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- Three
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