Hello, all.
dc wrote:
> I DON'T think [Parker]'s a particularly good
writer...his characters > are stereotypes (and bad ones at
that), his situations bogus. His > particular command of
the language isn't anywhere near as spectacular > as he
seems to think it is.
Parker's characters and situations have *become*
stereotypical, a far fall from the early years of his
educated professional thug. His command of language has
eroded to overly clever linguistics and old jokes. Recent
Parker compares well to recent Elmore Leonard. The language
is trimmed to a minimum, only once in a while showing a glint
of their old form.
MrT wrote:
> Perhaps he has become lazy, or the ideas just dried
up, I don't know.
to which Jean replied:
> Hard to say that about a guy who is writing three
series books nearly > every year plus the occasional, and
less successful, voyage beyond the > three
series.
IMO, it's more like Parker is "producing" three books a year.
His non-Spenser books, touted as great changes of pace, often
read as shufflings of the same rhetoric: eternal love and
commitment with a few words about autonomy and the silent
male code. Though Parker puts out three books a year, they
are a lazy three in that he doesn't explore new ideas.
Gerald http://odo6140.s5.com/
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