I see on Amazon.Com that Mysterious Press will be coming out
with a reissue of Richard Stark's "THE SCORE" soon. Does this
mean we'll see a whole new set of the "old" Stark books as
the months go on?
Honestly, having tracked down several Stark paperbacks, I've
soured on the whole Parker series because the books always
seem ... the same. Parker always does the same stuff and I
have to wonder, "Doesn't he get sick of this?" Especially
after Westlake has said many times that Parker would get
ticked at having to do the same things all the time ... but
that's exactly what happens! He gets the money, looses the
money, gets the money back. Heists always go wrong, Parker
being the lone survivor and chasing the
"real" bad guy, etc., etc. I don't think I've finished a
Stark book all the way through after BACKFLASH (a letdown
after the excellent COMEBACK). You can usually just skim the
books after a certain point and get the jist of what's going
on and not miss anything.
That being said, I think the first seven Stark books were
good (when the series was fresh, with "The Jugger" and "The
Seventh" being my favorite) and I would like a nice set of
Mysterious Press reprints if they go through with the entire
series, hence my original question. I'd also like to read the
last few books in the original run before Westlake quit
writing them, but have so far been unable to track down (or
find a good price on). --Brian
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