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Robert B. Parker (1) (1932–2010)

Autor(a) de The Godwulf Manuscript

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About the Author

Robert Brown Parker is an American fiction writer of mysteries. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and earned his BA degree from Colby College in Waterville, Maine. He went on to earn his master's degree in English literature from Boston University. He started his career working in mostrar mais advertising. After some years, he went back to school to earn his PhD in English from Boston University in 1971. He then began his writng career while teaching at Northeastern University. He decided to become a full-time writer in 1979. His most popular works were the 40 novels written about the private detective Spenser. The ABC Television Network developed the television series "Spenser: For Hire", based on the character in the mid-1980s. Parker also wrote nine novels based on the character Jesse Stone and six novels based on the character Sunny Randall. On January 18, 2010, Robert Parker died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Cambridge Massachusetts. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries

Obras por Robert B. Parker

The Godwulf Manuscript (1973) 1,642 exemplares
Cold Service (2005) 1,365 exemplares
Night Passage (1997) 1,350 exemplares
School Days (2005) 1,336 exemplares
High Profile (2007) 1,271 exemplares
Back Story (2003) 1,252 exemplares
Hundred-Dollar Baby (2006) 1,250 exemplares
Early Autumn (1981) 1,241 exemplares
Now & Then (2007) 1,200 exemplares
Stranger in Paradise (2008) 1,198 exemplares
Walking Shadow (1994) 1,196 exemplares
Small Vices (1997) 1,192 exemplares
Widow's Walk (2002) 1,181 exemplares
Sudden Mischief (1998) 1,177 exemplares
Bad Business (2004) 1,172 exemplares
Potshot (2001) 1,169 exemplares
God Save the Child (1974) 1,169 exemplares
Hush Money (1999) 1,168 exemplares
Trouble in Paradise (1998) 1,161 exemplares
Thin Air (1995) 1,153 exemplares
Stone Cold (2003) 1,151 exemplares
Sea Change (2005) 1,150 exemplares
Rough Weather (2008) 1,143 exemplares
Promised Land (1976) 1,131 exemplares
Night and Day (2009) 1,130 exemplares
A Catskill Eagle (1985) 1,116 exemplares
Death in Paradise (2001) 1,112 exemplares
Hugger Mugger (2000) 1,111 exemplares
Looking for Rachel Wallace (1980) 1,106 exemplares
Chance (1996) 1,105 exemplares
The Judas Goat (1978) 1,084 exemplares
Mortal Stakes (2009) 1,082 exemplares
The Professional (2009) 1,079 exemplares
Paper Doll (1993) 1,073 exemplares
Pastime (1991) 1,059 exemplares
Pale Kings and Princes (1987) 1,057 exemplares
Double Deuce (1992) 1,054 exemplares
Split Image (2010) 1,033 exemplares
Crimson Joy (1988) 1,012 exemplares
Stardust (1990) 1,000 exemplares
Valediction (1984) 997 exemplares
Playmates (1989) 993 exemplares
Taming a Sea-Horse (1986) 967 exemplares
Family Honor (1999) 964 exemplares
The Widening Gyre (1983) 961 exemplares
Ceremony (1982) 950 exemplares
Painted Ladies (2010) 946 exemplares
A Savage Place (1981) 946 exemplares
Appaloosa (2005) 921 exemplares
Poodle Springs (1989) 920 exemplares
Sixkill (2011) 903 exemplares
Shrink Rap (2002) 885 exemplares
Spare Change (2007) 859 exemplares
Perish Twice (2000) 842 exemplares
Blue Screen (2006) 829 exemplares
Melancholy Baby (2004) 739 exemplares
Resolution (2008) 693 exemplares
Double Play (2004) 617 exemplares
Brimstone (2009) 574 exemplares
Blue-Eyed Devil (2010) 520 exemplares
Gunman's Rhapsody (2001) 456 exemplares
All Our Yesterdays (1994) 451 exemplares
Perchance to Dream (1991) 422 exemplares
Wilderness (1979) 310 exemplares
The Boxer and the Spy (2008) 295 exemplares
Edenville Owls (2007) 284 exemplares
Love and Glory (1983) 211 exemplares
Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe (1988) — Introdução — 200 exemplares
The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 (1997) — Editor; Introdução — 117 exemplares
Enter Spencer (3-in-1) (1989) 103 exemplares
Three Complete Spenser Novels (1995) 59 exemplares
Spenser's Boston (1989) 52 exemplares
A Triple Shot of Spenser (3-in-1) (2005) 36 exemplares
Surrogate (1982) 20 exemplares
A Year at the Races (1991) 18 exemplares
Classic Robert B. Parker (2011) 11 exemplares
Spenser: A Mysterious Profile (2022) 9 exemplares
The Jesse Stone Novels 1-5 (2012) 6 exemplares
A Spenserian Sonnet 4 exemplares
Harlem Nocturne 3 exemplares
Parker on Writing (1985) 3 exemplares
Snuff 1 exemplar
Cold Case 1 exemplar
Kidnappet (1998) 1 exemplar
Med på holdet (1998) 1 exemplar
Une paire de deux (1993) 1 exemplar
Wild Swams 1 exemplar
Kouřová clona (2007) 1 exemplar
Bullet 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993) — Narrador, algumas edições8,299 exemplares
If Death Ever Slept (1957) — Introdução, algumas edições656 exemplares
Woman in the Dark (1933) — Prefácio, algumas edições588 exemplares
Robert B. Parker's Fool Me Twice (2012) — Creator — 448 exemplares
Blue City (1947) — Introdução, algumas edições243 exemplares
The Best American Mystery Stories 2002 (2002) — Contribuidor — 158 exemplares
Boston Noir 2: The Classics (2012) — Contribuidor — 64 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Parker, Robert B.
Nome legal
Parker, Robert Brown
Data de nascimento
1932-09-17
Data de falecimento
2010-01-18
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Local de falecimento
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Causa da morte
heart attack
Locais de residência
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Educação
Colby College (BA | 1954)
Boston University (M.A. | 1957 | Ph.D | 1971 | English)
Ocupações
technical writer
advertising
professor
novelist
Relações
Parker, Joan H. (wife)
Organizações
United States Army
Northeastern University
Pearl Productions
Prémios e menções honrosas
MWA Grand Master (2002)
Gumshoe Award (Lifetime Achievement ∙ 2007)
Shamus Award (The Eye for Lifetime Achievement ∙ 1995)
Bouchercon Lifetime Achievement Award (2006)
Agente
Helen Brann

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Robert B(rown) Parker (1) was born September 17, 1932, in Springfield, MA. He earned a B.A. in English from Colby College in Maine in 1954, served as infantryman in Korea, and earned an M.A. in English from Boston University in 1957. He held several jobs before enrolling in Boston University's PhD program, and then taught English at various colleges until 1978. He is married to the former Joan Hall; they have two sons. Parker has created private detectives Spenser, and Sunny Randall, and Police Chief Jesse Stone, each of whom is featured in an ongoing series. Their story lines occasionally intersect. He also writes an American Western series featuring Hitch and Cole, and has contributed to the Wyatt Earp saga with the novel Gunman's Rhapsody. Recently, he has written some young adult fiction as well. He died unexpectedly at home in Cambridge, MA, on January 18, 2010.

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Any Robert B. Parker fans? Just read that he passed away today. em Crime, Thriller & Mystery (Outubro 2011)

Críticas

Compared to one of James Lee Burke's novels, a Parker adventure is practically a cosy. The bad guys are dangerous, but rarely cruel or sadistic, and innocence is seldom their victim. The hero has a sense of humor and his girl is never in danger because of anything he does. Both authors have created detectives with a personal code, but Dave's often causes him serious trouble, while Spenser's sets the world straight. Burke is strong medicine, and Parker is the ice cream you get as a reward for taking it.

(If anyone ever tries to sell you a stereotype of the English professor, point them at these two authors, and ask them which one it fits.)

In The Professional, Spenser agrees to stop a blackmailer (not try to stop, you understand--not Spenser), and then finds the situation a bit more complicated than it first appeared. Regular readers know it will all come mostly right in the end. The usual banter with Hawk, sexual and intellectual interplay with Susan, and plain old think-it-through detective work. The occasional literary allusion drops into the text, and you either get it or you don't. Parker doesn't insult his readers by explicating, or embarrass them by making them wonder what he's talking about. I probably miss a handful of references in every book, because they fit so seamlessly into the characters' conversation or thoughts. He never disappoints, and always leaves me October 2009
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laytonwoman3rd | 24 outras críticas | Mar 7, 2024 |
This was a fun read. Good character development and pacing. The ending was not quite what I expected in that the crime resolution was not complete and, altho Jesse Stone was a hero, he was also lucky. I actually found this ending refreshing.
 
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dresdon | 17 outras críticas | Feb 26, 2024 |
Synopsis: 'In The Godwulf Manuscript, Spenser is hired by a Boston university to recover a rare manuscript. The police suspect a pretty blond student, but Spenser isn't ready for easy answers - especially when a radical student who can provide the only lead is murdered.
In God Save the Child, Spenser investigates the disappearance of a fourteen-year-old boy, an assumed runaway until a ransom note arrives. The investigation leads Spenser to some startling revelations about the boy's family . . . and to Susan Silverman, the psychologist who becomes an important part of Spenser's life.
Mortal Stakes brings Spenser into the world of baseball, when he is called in to find out the reasons behind the blackmailing of a Red Sox pitcher.' From the book jacket
Review: These three books develop the characters of Spenser and Susan Silverman. For me, there's too much detail about baseball, a particular brand of firearm, and what a particular place in Boston is like. The Godwulf Manuscript sets the tone for the Spenser books in that he is rescuing the damsel in distress and doing 'what's right'. The description of the clothing, which was high fashion during this time period, is laughable.
In God Save the Child, Spenser meets his long-term girlfriend who appears throughout the series. He has to come to grips with not knowing whether the right thing to do is 'right' for everyone. These themes in the first two books are carried out in the third book, Mortal Stakes. The time period is really apparent in the treatment of women.
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DrLed | 3 outras críticas | Feb 24, 2024 |
Synopsis: 'Young Spenser is tough. No double about it. After all, he's being raised by his father and uncles - three of the toughest men in town. He knows how to fight, and he's had to prove it. But his father taught him something far more valuable: sometimes the toughest thing a guy can do is walk away from a fight.
So when Spenser sees his friend Jeannie being taken in a boat downriver by her abusive father, he knows he has a had decision to make. Should he trust his gut and risk his own life to save Jeannie's? And if so, how can he overcome such a bear of a man?" From book jacket

Review: Interesting prequel told from Spenser's point of view. It sort of explains his attitude toward his job, and the world.
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DrLed | 17 outras críticas | Feb 24, 2024 |

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Membros
67,578
Popularidade
#198
Avaliação
½ 3.6
Críticas
1,322
ISBN
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23
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