Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter Hardback
by Richard Stark
Illustrated by Darwyn Cooke
Part of the Parker series
Hardback
Description
In 1962, Donald E. Westlake, writing under the pseudonym Richard Stark,created what would become one of the most important and enduring crime fictionseries ever produced - Parker.
Westlake wrote more than 20Parker novels, many considered classics of the genre, and a number ofwhich have transitioned to the big screen.
Most notable of these is PointBlank, directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin, released in 1967. Westlake received many accolades during his distinguished career, includingbeing named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writer's of America, that prestigiousorganization's highest honor. Darwyn Cooke has adapted four Parker books as graphic novels so far. The first three, The Hunter, The Outfit, and The Score haveall won Eisner and Harvey Awards.
He will be providing all-new colorillustrations for The Hunter, the first in a series of hardcover prosenovels released in chronological order and featuring Cooke's art. The Hunter, the first book in the Parker series, is the storyof a man who hits New York head-on like a shotgun blast to the chest.
Betrayedby the woman he loves and double-crossed by his partner in crime, Parker makeshis way cross-country with only one thought burning in his mind - tocoldly exact his revenge and reclaim what was taken from him!
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:222 pages
- Publisher:Idea & Design Works
- Publication Date:01/07/2014
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- ISBN:9781613776599
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:222 pages
- Publisher:Idea & Design Works
- Publication Date:01/07/2014
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- ISBN:9781613776599
