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Parker, the ruthless antihero of Richard Stark’s eponymous mystery novels, is one of the most unforgettable characters in hardboiled noir. Lauded by critics for his taut realism, unapologetic amorality, and razor-sharp prose style—and adored by fans who turn each intoxicating page with increasing urgency—Stark is a master of crime writing, his books as influential as any in the genre. The University of Chicago Press has embarked on a project to return the early volumes of this series to print for a new generation of readers to discover—and become addicted to.
In The Seventh, the heist of a college football game goes bad, and the take is stolen by a crazed, violent amateur. Parker must outrun the cops—and the killer—to retrieve his cash.
“Parker . . . lumbers through the pages of Richard Stark’s noir novels scattering dead bodies like peanut shells. . . . In a complex world [he] makes things simple.”—William Grimes, New York Times
“Whatever Stark writes, I read. He’s a stylist, a pro, and I thoroughly enjoy his attitude.”—Elmore Leonard
“Westlake knows precisely how to grab a reader, draw him or her into the story, and then slowly tighten his grip until escape is impossible.”—Washington Post Book World
“Donald Westlake’s Parker novels are among the small number of books I read over and over. Forget all that crap you’ve been telling yourself about War and Peace and Proust—these are the books you’ll want on that desert island.”—Lawrence Block
- Sales Rank: #312737 in Books
- Brand: Stark, Richard/ Sante, Luc (FRW)
- Published on: 2009-08-15
- Ingredients: Example Ingredients
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .40" w x 5.25" l, .40 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 168 pages
Review
“Last year the University of Chicago Press acknowledged their excellence by embarking on a uniform edition of the first 16 novels in the series. . . . Whether early or late, the Parker novels are all superlative literary entertainments. . . . Parker’s only virtues are his intelligence and his professionalism—yet somehow you always end up rooting for him. Nietzsche knew why: When you look into an abyss, the abyss looks into you.” (Terry Teachout Weekly Standard 2009-12-14)
“Parker is refreshingly amoral, a thief who always gets away with the swag.”
(Stephen King Entertainment Weekly)
“Parker . . . lumbers through the pages of Richard Stark’s noir novels scattering dead bodies like peanut shells. . . . In a complex world [he] makes things simple.”
(William Grimes New York Times)
“Whatever Stark writes, I read. He’s a stylist, a pro, and I thoroughly enjoy his attitude.”
(Elmore Leonard)
“Richard Stark’s Parker novels . . . are among the most poised and polished fictions of their time and, in fact, of any time.”
(John Banville Bookforum)
“Parker is a true treasure. . . . The master thief is back, along with Richard Stark.”
(Marilyn Stasio New York Times Book Review)
“Westlake knows precisely how to grab a reader, draw him or her into the story, and then slowly tighten his grip until escape is impossible.”
(Washington Post)
“Elmore Leonard wouldn’t write what he does if Stark hadn’t been there before. And Quentin Tarantino wouldn’t write what he does without Leonard. . . . Old master that he is, Stark does all of them one better.”
(Los Angeles Times)
“Donald Westlake’s Parker novels are among the small number of books I read over and over. Forget all that crap you’ve been telling yourself about War and Peace and Proust—these are the books you’ll want on that desert island.”
(Lawrence Block)
“Richard Stark writes a harsh and frightening story of criminal warfare and vengeance with economy, understatement and a deadly amoral objectivity—a remarkable addition to the list of the shockers that the French call roman noirs.”
(Anthony Boucher New York Times Book Review)
"Parker is a brilliant invention. . . . What chiefly distinguishes Westlake, under whatever name, is his passion for process and mechanics. . . . Parker appears to have eliminated everything from his program but machine logic, but this is merely protective coloration. He is a romantic vestige, a free-market anarchist whose independent status is becoming a thing of the past."
(Luc Sante New York Times Book Review)
"I wouldn't care to speculate about what it is in Westlake's psyche that makes him so good at writing about Parker, much less what it is that makes me like the Parker novels so much. Suffice it to say that Stark/Westlake is the cleanest of all noir novelists, a styleless stylist who gets to the point with stupendous economy, hustling you down the path of plot so briskly that you have to read his books a second time to appreciate the elegance and sober wit with which they are written."—Terry Teachout, Commentary
(Terry Teachout Commentary)
"If you're a fan of noir novels and haven't yet read Richard Stark, you may want to give these books a try. Who knows? Parker may just be the son of a bitch you've been searching for."
(John McNally Virginia Quarterly Review)
"The University of Chicago Press has recently undertaken a campaign to get Parker back in print in affordable and handsome editions, and I dove in. And now I get it."
(Josef Braun Vue Weekly)
“The UC Press mission, to reprint the 1960s Parker novels of Richard Stark (the late Donald Westlake), is wholly admirable. The books have been out of print for decades, and the fast-paced, hard-boiled thrillers featuring the thief Parker are brilliant.”
(H. J. Kirchoff Globe and Mail)
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About the Author
Richard Stark was one of the many pseudonyms of Donald E. Westlake (1933-2008), a prolific author of noir crime fiction. In 1993 the Mystery Writers of America bestowed the society’s highest honor on Westlake, naming him a Grand Master.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Seventh Novel in the Sensational Parker Series!
By James N Simpson
You could read The Seventh as a standalone thriller if you haven't read the first six Parker novels and nothing will lessen the enjoyment factor. Although they do follow a timeline and small references to things like Parker's new face are appreciated a bit more if you've read the books where these things happened, there's nothing that as a first time reader of the series you wouldn't understand. Nor is anything major given away of the first six novels. However if you are planning on reading these in order the title of the book is quite handy as it also coincidentally is the same title as the order it was published. No Donald E Westlake (aka Richard Stark) didn't just get lazy, the previous wasn't called the sixth (it was The Jugger) and next in the series isn't the eighth (it's called The Handle). The title refers to the split that each of the seven men involved in a robbery at a football game receives, each character from the robbery refers at least once to their seventh during the book questioning if sticking around and risking themselves is worth it for that seventh of a split or should they just forget about it and go home). In fact this story has actually been republished with the alternative title The Split over the years. Thankfully the republication of this classic series by University of Chicago Press has gone back to the original names. The Seventh was originally published in 1966.
Basic plot of this one is after the events of The Jugger, Parker now has no one to fish for work for him while he remains untraceable in the background. He is short on cash, so has to directly approach other criminals and indicate he's up for something if the caper is good enough. And a good enough scheme there is, robbing the takings of a football game. The robbery is successful and Parker's the one trusted to hold onto the money until they meet again to divide it up. Only when Parker steps out to grab some beer and returns less than ten minutes later, the girl he is shacked up with has a sword pinning her corpse to the bedhead, and the loot which includes everyone else's seventh is gone. There's also a couple of police officers tipped of by a phone call standing in the doorway. Parker only knew one man before this caper, it seems one of the others wants it all for himself, but why kill the girl like that? He'll have to make some enquiries Parker style to solve this, but straight away it's apparent the robber/killer hasn't finished trying to take Parker out of the picture either, it just seems they are a bit of an amateur at it, which is weird as he had assumed everyone else involved in the caper was a professional.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Trouble with Hiding Out
By Opa Wayne
The Seventh begins with Parker in trouble. The heist he had planned had been successful and he was waiting a few days to divide the loot among the seven men who had formed the gang. Each man was to get an even share, hence the seventh. Trouble was Parker lost the money.
Parker had been "holed up" with a woman he had met before the robbery. She was likable, so he decided to live with her a few days until the heat simmered a bit after the job. On the third day he left for ten minutes to pick up some beer and cigarettes. When he came back she was dead and the money was gone.
The Seventh is mostly a post robbery story. It is Parker's hunt for who took the money and who killed the girl. Was it a member of the gang? Was it an outsider who had been following the gang's action. Was it a former acquaintance of the girl? Somehow Parker had to know and would not rest until he made it "right".
This is a story of mystery and suspense. We know the mission from the first, but the search leads in a few different directions and the story is full of plot twists. This is one of the better novels about the "antihero" Parker. I recommend it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Stretching Bach
By H. Schneider
Inside the young clothes was an old body, but inside the old body was a young woman.
The cockroaches crawled, the rats chittered, and the humans infested some other new neighborhood.
By the seventh instalment of the Parker series, Stark-Westlake started sounding like Chandler. The number 7 plays a key role in this little novel. 7 men are in the heist, which goes well. Each one is due a seventh of the loot. Before that can get divided, it gets stolen. The focus of the tale is on finding the twice stolen money, rather than on the main heist. In other words, Parker is more a detective than a robber this time. In a manner of speaking.
More Chandlerisms:
The blonde that opened the door had put on the first piece of clothing she'd come across, a grey sweatshirt with a picture of Bach on it. .... What with her breasts pushing outward and her hand pulling downward, Bach didn't look much like his old self at all.
I include this nice little find for the benefit of a friend, a musician, who will surely read this, with the intention to talk him into getting into Parker. There's Bach after all!
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