In a message dated 5/14/02 6:37:23 PM,
e_lynskey@yahoo.com writes:
<< Question: I checked out Robert B. Parker's "Savage
Place"...is this a good starting point with his body of work?
>>
Yes. IMO, any of the early books are fine "jumping in"
points. It is difficult today to recapture the feeling of
encountering Parker/Spenser when the series was brand new,
the degree to which a devoted reader of PI mysteries
recognized that he/she had come upon someone who was adopting
the genre but striking out along a new path. I've been
disappointed with all of the Parker books since "A Catskill
Eagle," but the guy did some fine work and became a major
influence on other mystery writers of his period.
Jim
Blue
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