i agree with doug, to a certain extent. THE MAN WITH THE
GETAWAY FACE was my first parker, so i certainly will
withhold judgment on the series as a whole, but i found the
first half (the planning and execution of the robbery) of the
book very dull. it took me several weeks to get through that
part, since i would read only a few pages at a time. but as
soon as the focus change to the plastic surgeon, the
"punch-drunk" driver, and parker's efforts to prove himself
not guilty of the murder, i was completely absorbed. i flew
through the second half of the book and, on the strength of
those pages, ordered the other 3 of the opening quartet.
perhaps i should have asked which half is more typical of the
series first...
in other parker news, i saw about 40 minutes of PAYBACK on
cable this morning and was *very* impressed. i need to check
the archives for the list's general reaction to the film, but
i found the look, the style, and even mel gibson's acting to
be quite captivating. but why was gibson's character called
porter instead of parker?
martha fischer
sakana@stlnet.com <mailto:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:
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> Behalf Of Doug Bassett
> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 7:13 PM
> To:
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> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Grofeld
>
>
> Oddly enough, I feel exactly the opposite. Just
read
> _The Man with the Getaway Face_ and while I liked
it,
> more or less, the whole thing left me rather
cold.
> Although I think I understand what Westlake was
trying
> to do here, I think, oddly enough, that he's
almost
> too successful doing it. Hard for me to put it
into
> words, but I actually find the Parker novels
(I've
> read a couple of others) sort of dull. I think
the
> Grofeld novels are much more entertaining --
maybe
> because Grofeld is a more appealing character.
At
> least to me.
>
> I realize this is a completely eccentric
opinion.
>
> doug
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