### Review 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.H. J. Kirchoff, *Globe and Mail* (Ca
The Score: a Parker Novel: novel
โ Scribed by Richard Stark; John Banville
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Year
- 2011;2010
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 84 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Part One; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Part Two; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Part 3; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Part 4; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5.;You probably haven?t ever noticed them. But they?ve noticed you. They notice -- The Score "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."? -- War and Peace and Proust?these are the books you?ll want on that desert island."?Lawrence Block.
โฆ Subjects
A Parker Novel
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