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"A refreshingly new voice in noir." --Ed Kurtz, author of Nothing You Can Do and The Rib From Which I Remake the World.

"A glorious boilermaker of noir and East Coast gothic. The action is taut as a sprung snare and Bagley tightens the screws with every page." -- Laird Barron, author of Swift to Chase and Blood Standard.




Monday, June 22, 2009

Can't Get Enough Stark?


Over at Sarah Weinman's blog, there's an excellent post about Richard Stark's Parker novels, Parker's work ethic and Darwyn Cooke's soon-to-be-released adaptation of The Hunter. She's included some links for further reading and the whole thing is well worth your time. As much as I enjoyed most of Donald Westlake's work, the books he wrote as Stark remain my favorites.
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Chris said...

I, too, am a huge fan of Westlake, and it's his writing as Stark that makes me realize what a force, a genius, a prose stylist the man was. The Parker novels are an astonishing accomplishment, and the reissues are pretty snazzy looking, too -- I'm looking forward to having the whole damn set.

22/6/09

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