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The sixteenth Parker novel, <i>Butcher’s Moon</i> is more than twice as long most of the master heister’s adventures, and absolutely jammed with the action, violence, and nerve-jangling tension readers have come to expect. Back in the corrupt town where he lost his money, and nearly his life, in <i>Slayground</i>, Parker assembles a stunning cast of characters from throughout his career for one gigantic, blowout job: starting — and finishing — a gang war. It feels like the Parker novel to end all Parker novels, and for nearly twenty-five years that’s what it was. After its publication in 1974, Donald Westlake said, “Richard Stark proved to me that he had a life of his own by simply disappearing. He was gone.” Featuring a new introduction by Westlake’s close friend and writing partner, Lawrence Block, this classic Parker adventures deserve a place of honor on any crime fan’s bookshelf. More than thirty-five years later, <i>Butcher's Moon</i> still packs a punch: keep your calendar clear when you pick it up, because once you open it you won't want to do anything but read until the last shot is fired.
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Butcher's Moon, Richard Stark
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- 2011
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- Title
- Butcher's Moon
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Richard Stark
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Other
- Pages
- 319
- ISBN10
- 1283078465
- ISBN13
- 9781283078467
- Series
- Description
- The sixteenth Parker novel, <i>Butcher’s Moon</i> is more than twice as long most of the master heister’s adventures, and absolutely jammed with the action, violence, and nerve-jangling tension readers have come to expect. Back in the corrupt town where he lost his money, and nearly his life, in <i>Slayground</i>, Parker assembles a stunning cast of characters from throughout his career for one gigantic, blowout job: starting — and finishing — a gang war. It feels like the Parker novel to end all Parker novels, and for nearly twenty-five years that’s what it was. After its publication in 1974, Donald Westlake said, “Richard Stark proved to me that he had a life of his own by simply disappearing. He was gone.” Featuring a new introduction by Westlake’s close friend and writing partner, Lawrence Block, this classic Parker adventures deserve a place of honor on any crime fan’s bookshelf. More than thirty-five years later, <i>Butcher's Moon</i> still packs a punch: keep your calendar clear when you pick it up, because once you open it you won't want to do anything but read until the last shot is fired.