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Originally Posted by omk3
Yes, that' what made me read Parker in the first place. Fun, light and entertaining, but lacking any Marlowe substance. I grew tired of Spencer after a few books,and especially of his obsession with this Susan of his (why do I even still remember her name?  )...
Sounds worth trying, are these available as ebooks? |
Ahhh, Susan Silverman, the annoying embodiment and conscience of Spenser (and also mirroring the therapy that Parker himself was going through at the time). The best Spenser novels are Spenser/Hawk teamups - even though Hawk is a ridiculous black stereotype.
The problem with Spenser, I find, is that there are plots in them, whereas Chandler really didn't have any plots. He just wrote about an interesting character muddling through from one event to another, and described in a great way too. I'm still not 100% sure what the Big Sleep is about (neither was Chandler when he was asked).
I've not seen the Black Mask Boys available anywhere, not even on the darknet, which is a shame.