The Dortmunder books never did much for me either. My problem
with them
is clearly illustrated by Jimmy the Kid, which alternates
chapters of an
otherwise non-existent Parker book with the Dortmunder Gang's
screw-up
attempts to replicate it. Parker is great, dark, hardboiled
stuff
(although I never bought that Parker would involve himself in
a
kidnapping), the Dortmunder light comedy.
You can't go wrong with the Richard Stark/Parker or the
Tucker Coe/Mitch
Tobin books.
Mark
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