Richard Stark has a new Parker novel coming out in April -- always something to get excited about. I received a galley of it a while back, but before I read it I realized that I had one of the Stark reprints that Mysterious Press did a couple years ago that I still hadn't read. The Jugger is a different kind of story for Parker, in that it's not a heist novel -- Parker isn't planning a job at all. He's spending time in a small town in Nebraska where an old friend has just died, leading to several complications. I could read Stark all day long. There is such an elegance about his lean & mean prose. The Jugger isn't up there with the best of the series, but they're all good. (While preparing this post, I learned that this book is once again out-of-print. That is a damn shame. If you're looking for a great read, pick up one of his other books instead.)
I'm a big fan of the Parker Books - lean, mean and full of menace
Ali
Posted by: Ali | January 21, 2008 at 01:30 PM
I was lucky enough to get hold of most of the Stark books when I was a kid. They were re-released then and I was able to find others at library sales, including the Alan Grofield books as well.
Imagine how happy I was when Westlake decided to resume the series.
I'm with you. Stark all day long.
Posted by: Rob Gregory Browne | January 22, 2008 at 02:45 PM
Apparently this is Westlake's least favorite Parker novel, because he didn't realize until after he'd written it that the premise is all wrong: Parker would never put himself on the line for a business associate! But I liked it anyway.
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