ISBN: 9780226508344

A master thief must build a team to escape a correctional center in this fast-paced, hard-boiled crime novel by the author of Firebreak.With Parker locked up and about to be unmasked, Bre… Mehr…

A master thief must build a team to escape a correctional center in this fast-paced, hard-boiled crime novel by the author of Firebreak.With Parker locked up and about to be unmasked, Breakout follows his Houdini-like escape from prison with a team of convicts. But when a new heist and new dangers—con artists, snitches, busybodies, eccentrics, and cops—loom among the dark alleys and old stone buildings of the big city to which they’ve fled, Parker soon learns that not all prisons have bars.Praise for Breakout“Fiercely distracting. . . . Westlake is an expert plotter; and while Parker is a blunt instrument of a human being depicted in rudimentary short grunts of sentences, his take on other characters reveals a writer of great humor and human understanding.” —John Hodgman“Stark . . . applies his great wit and dexterous mental skills to a series of . . . ingenious exits and entrances in (what else?) Breakout. . . . Jampacked. . . . He writes with ruthless efficiency.” —Marilyn Stasio, New York Times“Stark invites readers to project themselves onto the always-assured Parker, making him a frighteningly easy sociopath to root for. And watching knowledgeable bad guys ply their shadowy trade under pressure is always fun. An immensely pleasurable entry in the Parker series. . . . Simply put, Breakout is great escapist fiction.” —Booklist,starred review Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, University of Chicago Press Digital >16<

2017, ISBN: 9780226508344

A Parker Novel, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Together at last. Under the pseudonym Richard Stark, Donald E. Westlake, one of the greats of crime fiction, wrote twenty-four fast-paced, h… Mehr…

A Parker Novel, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Together at last. Under the pseudonym Richard Stark, Donald E. Westlake, one of the greats of crime fiction, wrote twenty-four fast-paced, hard-boiled novels featuring Parker, a shrewd career criminal with a talent for heists and a code all his own. With the publication of the last four Parker novels Westlake wrote-Breakout, Nobody Runs Forever, Ask the Parrot, and Dirty Money-the University of Chicago Press pulls the ultimate score: for the first time ever, the entire Parker series will be available from a single publisher.&nbsp;With Parker locked up and about to be unmasked, Breakout follows his Houdini-like escape from prison with a team of convicts. But when a new heist and new dangers-con artists, snitches, busybodies, eccentrics, and cops-loom among the dark alleys and old stone buildings of the big city to which they've fled, Parker soon learns that not all prisons have bars.&nbsp;Featuring new forewords by Chris Holm, Duane Swierczynski, and Laura Lippman-celebrated crime writers, all-these masterworks of noir are the capstone to an extraordinary literary run that will leave you craving more. Written over the course of fifty years, the Parker novels are pure artistry, adrenaline, and logic both brutal and brilliant. Join Parker on his jobs and read them all again or for the first time. Just don't talk to the law.&nbsp; Seiten: 320, University of Chicago Press, 2017<

ISBN: 9780226508344

Together at last. Under the pseudonym Richard Stark, Donald E. Westlake, one of the greats of crime fiction, wrote twenty-four fast-paced, hard-boiled novels featuring Parker, a shrewd ca… Mehr…

Together at last. Under the pseudonym Richard Stark, Donald E. Westlake, one of the greats of crime fiction, wrote twenty-four fast-paced, hard-boiled novels featuring Parker, a shrewd career criminal with a talent for heists and a code all his own. With the publication of the last four Parker novels Westlake wroteâ??Breakout, Nobody Runs Forever, Ask the Parrot, and Dirty Moneyâ??the University of Chicago Press pulls the ultimate score: for the first time ever, the entire Parker series will be available from a single publisher. With Parker locked up and about to be unmasked, Breakout follows his Houdini-like escape from prison with a team of convicts. But when a new heist and new dangersâ??con artists, snitches, busybodies, eccentrics, and copsâ??loom among the dark alleys and old stone buildings of the big city to which theyâ??ve fled, Parker soon learns that not all prisons have bars. Featuring new forewords by Chris Holm, Duane Swierczynski, and Laura Lippmanâ??celebrated crime writers, allâ??these masterworks of noir are the capstone to an extraordinary literary run that will leave you craving more. Written over the course of fifty years, the Parker novels are pure artistry, adrenaline, and logic both brutal and brilliant. Join Parker on his jobs and read them all again or for the first time. Just donâ??t talk to the law. Fiction, eBooks.com<

ISBN: 9780226508344

By Richard Stark PRINT ISBN: 9780226508207 E-TEXT ISBN: 9780226508344 Edition: 0 University of Chicago Press eBook Other pricing structure might be available at vitalsource.com., Universi… Mehr…

By Richard Stark PRINT ISBN: 9780226508207 E-TEXT ISBN: 9780226508344 Edition: 0 University of Chicago Press eBook Other pricing structure might be available at vitalsource.com., University of Chicago Press<

2017, ISBN: 9780226508344

A Parker Novel, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), [PU: University of Chicago Press], University of Chicago Press, 2017