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The frighteningly prolific mystery writer Donald E. Westlake, a.k.a. Richard Stark, ended his legendary series of books about a career criminal known only as Parker with 1974's Butcher's Moon . He cited too much competition from copycats in print, on film, and on television. Persuaded by fans and family, Westlake has resurrected Parker with a welcome burst of energy and imagination. The felon and his long-time lady friend Claire are enjoying the quiet life in their New Jersey lakeside home when Parker's invited to become part of a plan to remove a large sum of cash from a glossy TV-preacher named William Archibald. It's a heist that goes wrong from the start and turns into a tense, chaotic ballet of betrayal and death. One of Parker's partners is a weak babbler, another a cold traitor. Archibald's security chief is a tenacious pursuer, intent on retrieving his employer's money. Along the way, we learn how to hide crooks, cars, and cash in a small city with an efficient police force; how to escape from a variety of traps and sealed rooms; and most of all how Parker has managed to stay alive--in readers' minds as well as in the brain of his creator--for all these years.
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The frighteningly prolific mystery writer Donald E. Westlake, a.k.a. Richard Stark, ended his legendary series of books about a career criminal known only as Parker with 1974's Butcher's Moon. He cited too much competition from copycats in print, on film, and on television. Persuaded by fans and family, Westlake has resurrected Parker with a welcome burst of energy and imagination. The felon and his long-time lady friend Claire are enjoying the quiet life in their New Jersey lakeside home when Parker's invited to become part of a plan to remove a large sum of cash from a glossy TV-preacher named William Archibald. It's a heist that goes wrong from the start and turns into a tense, chaotic ballet of betrayal and death. One of Parker's partners is a weak babbler, another a cold traitor. Archibald's security chief is a tenacious pursuer, intent on retrieving his employer's money. Along the way, we learn how to hide crooks, cars, and cash in a small city with an efficient police force; how to escape from a variety of traps and sealed rooms; and most of all how Parker has managed to stay alive--in readers' minds as well as in the brain of his creator--for all these years.
About the Author
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.
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Comeback
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Robert Hale Limited, London, 2003
ISBN 10: 070906957X
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Laminated Boards. Condition: Good. Colligan, Derek (illustrator). First Edition. Ex-library copy of the first UK edition. Originally published in the US by Mysterious Press in 1997. There is a spine lean and some edge wear to the laminated boards. The page edges have some marking with staining to the bottom edges. The endpapers have been replaced for the library with the front free endpaper subsequently removed. Cancelled stamp to the half-title page and a library stamp to the copyright page. The rear free endpaper has a date stamp. The pages are generally otherwise unmarked. No jacket. Cover illustration by Derek Colligan. First printing. Seller Inventory # 023091
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Comeback
Published by
Robert Hale, London, 2001
ISBN 10: 070906957X
ISBN 13: 9780709069577
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st UK hardcover edition in fine condition in fine dust jacket - originally published in US in 1997 - Donald E Westlake writing as Richard Stark - Parker novel - fine, as new copy. Seller Inventory # mh6186
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Condition: Good. Marks on the dust cover. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. Seller Inventory # Z1-F-003-01241
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