Interesting choice of art. The older sink, house and car --
and the P.I. figure with the trenchcoat and hat -- would seem
to be a bit misleading in the time/setting, theme and tone of
the novels. I wonder if that was intentional on their part --
trying to appeal to the readership who enjoys retro P.I.
tales -- or just a bit of (unwise, I believe) creative
license.
Don't get me wrong: I'm thrilled Parker's older novels are
coming back into print so others can enjoy his older
exploits, but I do hope these new potential readers read the
jacket text and not judge a book by its cover...else they're
in for quite a surprise.
Ron C.
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Busted Flush Press
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:33 AM
> To: rara-avis-l
> Subject: RARA-AVIS: Richard Stark covers
>
> Via my day job -- Houston's Murder By The Book --
I've been
corresponding with
> Lindsay at the University of Chicago Press about
their forthcoming Richard
Stark /
> Parker reprint program. They'll be
doing three a season until they're all
reprinted.
> She sent me the early covers and allowed me to post
them online. Check
them out
> here:
> THE HUNTER: http://www.murderbooks.com/images/starkhunter.pdf
> THE MAN WITH THE GETAWAY FACE:
> http://www.murderbooks.com/images/starkgetaway.pdf
> THE OUTFIT: http://www.murderbooks.com/images/starkoutfit.pdf
> These are due this fall.
> David Thompson
> Busted Flush Press, LLC
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : 24 Jun 2008 EDT