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The Man with the Getaway Face
Parker goes under the knife in The Man with the Getaway Face, changing his face to escape the mob and a contract on his life. Along the way he scores his biggest heist yet, but there's a catch-a beautiful, dangerous catch who goes by the name Alma.
Book Details
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- Publish Date: Sep 1st, 2008
- Pages: 224
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.94in - 5.78in - 0.48in - 0.53lb
- EAN: 9780226771007
- Categories: • Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled
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Praise for this book
"Westlake knows precisely how to grab a reader, draw him or her into the story, and then slowly tighten his grip until escape is impossible."
-- "Washington Post Book World""Elmore Leonard wouldn't write what he does if Stark hadn't been there before. And Quentin Tarantino wouldn't write what he does without Leonard. . . . Old master that he is, Stark does all of them one better."
-- "Los Angeles Times""Donald Westlake's Parker novels are among the small number of books I read over and over. Forget all that crap you've been telling yourself about War and Peace and Proust--these are the books you'll want on that desert island."
--Lawrence Block"Richard Stark's Parker novels . . . are among the most poised and polished fictions of their time and, in fact, of any time."
--John Banville "Bookforum""Richard Stark writes a harsh and frightening story of criminal warfare and vengeance with economy, understatement and a deadly amoral objectivity--a remarkable addition to the list of the shockers that the French call romans noirs."
--Anthony Boucher "New York Times Book Review""Parker is a true treasure. . . . The master thief is back, along with Richard Stark."
--Marilyn Stasio "New York Times Book Review"--Stephen King "Entertainment Weekly"
--William Grimes "New York Times"
--Luc Sante "New York Review of Books"
--Terry Teachout "Commentary"
--John McNally "Virginia Quarterly Review"
--Josef Braun "Vue Weekly"
"Whether early or late, the Parker novels are all superlative literary entertainments."
--Terry Teachout "Weekly Standard"--H. J. Kirchoff "Globe and Mail"
"Whatever Stark writes, I read. He's a stylist, a pro, and I thoroughly enjoy his attitude."
--Elmore Leonard"If you're looking for crime novels with a lot of punch, try the very, very tough novels featuring Parker. . . . The Hunter, The Outfit, The Mourner, and The Man with the Getaway Face are all beautifully paced, tautly composed, and originally published in the early 1960s."
-- "Christian Science Monitor"