Bob Toomey (btoomey@javanet.com)
Wed, 03 Nov 1999 23:39:42 -0500
Chris Bahn wrote:
>
> What's the first Parker book? I'd like to read them
in order.
The Parker novels, in order:
The Hunter (aka, Point Blank; aka Payback) The Man with the
Getaway Face The Outfit The Mourner The Score The Jugger The
Seventh The Handle The Rare Coin Score The Green Eagle Score
The Black Ice Score (my personal favorite) The Sour Lemon
Score Deadly Edge Slayground Plunder Squad Butcher's Moon
Comeback Backflash Jimmy the Kid (several chapters from a
nonexistant Parker novel serve as a blueprint for
Dortmunder's gang; needless to say, Dortmunder is no
Parker)
In addition, Alan Grofield, the actor who finances his stage
work by pulling the occasional heist with one of Parker's
strings, appears in three Parker novels (The Score, The
Handle, Butcher's Moon), and in four solo novels:
The Damsel The Dame The Blackbird Lemons Never Lie
Grifield is sort of the lighter side of Richard Stark, and
his solo books aren't bad, but there's no substitute for
Parker.
BobT
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