Mark S wrote,
> : Just out of curiosity, are there any sidekick
novels where the sociopath
> : is the main character and the honorable guy is the
sidekick?
>
Bill Denton replied,
> I recently read Stark/Westklake's fifth Parker book,
THE SCORE (where they
> hold up an entire town) and Grofield sort of works
that way with Parker
> (the stone thief, not the writer). We've talked
about Parker's
> badassedness and sociopathy. He doesn't need anyone
to help him steal,
> torture or kill. Grofield's a lighter character,
provides some comic
> relief, and seems to have more morals, from the two
books I've seen him
> in.
Bill,
Neither is the honorable guy as Mark asked. Granted, in books
they appear together for more than a scene (Parker's
Slayground and Grofield's The Blackbird have the same first
chapter.), clearly Parker is clearly the major character, but
Grofield has as little regard for law as does Parker. Both
will rob or kill if necessary without compunction. The
difference being one is always serious and the other joking .
Mark
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