Mark wrote:
"God, I love Butcher's Moon. It's the payoff for the whole
series. I'm re-reading it now as my palette cleanser from
Harry Potter. Whoo! Viva Parker!"
I initially read the Parkers as I found them, starting with
the Berkeley Medallion, Violent World of Parker series
edition of Slayground, with a big #1 on its cover. Point
Blank was #2.
When I finally found them all, I reread the series in
succession. Although they certainly stood up well on their
own, I got a lot more out of them in order. Although Westlake
has made it clear that the first was written as a standlone,
and the ending was just changed when Pocket Books said they
were interested in making it a series, the first four really
do seem to have been plotted together. Same with the last
few, from Slayground through Butcher's Moon. What a great
series.
Mark
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