George Upper wrote:
<< Does anyone else think that Parker might benefit
from some short story writing? >>
Parker has long contended he hasn't the knack to write short
stories. I haven't read his only Spenser short, "Surrogate,"
but I think Parker's way-with-words style--sometimes
evocative, sometimes just wordy--needs the space of a short
novel. And his primary theme ("Keep doing what you're doing;
eventually things will go your way.") needs a novel's layers
for disguise. Parker at his best is efficient, but he doesn't
condense things into snapshots like Hoch or Block.
Gerald
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