I hereby declare November to be the first of our themed
months, and the theme will be Richard Stark! Stark, as you
probably all know, is the pseudonym Donald Westlake uses when
he writes books about Parker, the stone cold professional
thief. He writes the Grofield books as Stark too, doesn't
he?
There's a new Parker book coming out in November, FLASHFIRE,
and anyone who's able to get a copy can read it and comment
(with appropriate spoiler warnings, of course). All other
Richard Stark books are fair game, as are Westlake's decades
of contributions to the world of the hardboiled, movie
adaptations, how Parker fits into the hardboiled pantheon,
etc. Read any Parker books you can get your hands on and say
something about them.
I hereby give advance warning that December will be ... Mike
Shayne month!
Bill
-- William Denton : Toronto, Canada : http://www.miskatonic.org/ : Caveat lector.
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