false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256101017m/6149789.jpg 6149789 1 The Hunter is the story of a man who hits New York head-on like a shotgun blast to the chest. Betrayed by the woman he loved and double-crossed by his partner in crime, Parker makes his way cross-country with only one thought in mind-to coldly exact revenge and reclaim what was taken from him. 6328911 14 7 2009 The Hunter (Richard Stark's Parker, #1) total:184|5:89|4:76|3:15|2:3|1:1| 184 801 263 65 5 1 false false Tue Nov 10 20:13:31 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 20:16:21 -0800 2009
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Stark (pen name for the late Donald Westlake) was one of America's premiere crime fiction writers, and he produce...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 22:11:49 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 22:19:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 11:39:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 12:20:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 23 12:55:03 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 13:05:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 17 07:06:27 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 07:17:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 02 14:45:12 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 19:43:36 -0700 2009

Richard Stark's PARKER is adapted and illustrated by Darwyn Cooke. It is the 1960's and Parker, a professional criminal, has been betrayed by his associates and the only woman he ever came close to love. Seeking revenge Parker will face organized crime and become a marked man (somethin...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 08 16:16:11 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 16:22:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 true false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 10:04:16 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 10:28:02 -0700 2009 Darwyn Cooke's adaption of Richard Stark's Parker novel is spectacular. (Richard Stark is a psuedonym for Donald Westlake, past Grandmaster of the Mystery Writers of America.)

This book has been adapted repeatedly by Hollywood, but Darwyn Cooke's artwork brings a fresh cinematic look to t...more...]]> 4 0 false true Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 05:51:05 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 05:56:28 -0700 2009 1 Darwyn Cooke's art perfectly suit the morally muddled, shadowy world of Parker, as he pursues his crusade of vengeance, and seeks out to get back what's his.

I was a little surprised by the ending. For a book that so closely adheres to the...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 04 13:56:26 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 14:02:03 -0800 2009
Parker is as hard boiled as they come, the true anti-hero. He's on a mission to get his revenge on the partner and woman w...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 14:18:42 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 14:23:39 -0700 2009
This was a much grittier version of the story than I was familiar with through the movie "Payback" with Mel Gibson.

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