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Robert B. Parker (1) (1932–2010)

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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 toon meer 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) toon minder
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Spenser en de linkse studente (1973) 1,642 exemplaren
Cold Service (2005) 1,365 exemplaren
Night Passage (1997) 1,350 exemplaren
School Days (2005) 1,336 exemplaren
High Profile (2007) 1,270 exemplaren
Back Story (2003) 1,252 exemplaren
Hundred-Dollar Baby (2006) 1,250 exemplaren
Spenser en de slome puber (1981) 1,241 exemplaren
Now & Then (2007) 1,200 exemplaren
Stranger in Paradise (2008) 1,198 exemplaren
Walking Shadow (1994) 1,196 exemplaren
Small Vices (1997) 1,192 exemplaren
Widow's Walk (2002) 1,181 exemplaren
Sudden Mischief (1998) 1,177 exemplaren
Bad Business (2004) 1,172 exemplaren
Potshot (2001) 1,169 exemplaren
Spenser en de verloren zoon (1974) 1,169 exemplaren
Hush Money (1999) 1,168 exemplaren
Trouble in Paradise (1998) 1,161 exemplaren
Thin Air (1995) 1,153 exemplaren
Stone Cold (2003) 1,151 exemplaren
Sea Change (2005) 1,150 exemplaren
Rough Weather (2008) 1,143 exemplaren
Spenser en het beloofde land (1976) 1,131 exemplaren
Night and Day (2009) 1,130 exemplaren
A Catskill Eagle (1985) 1,116 exemplaren
Death in Paradise (2001) 1,112 exemplaren
Hugger Mugger (2000) 1,111 exemplaren
Spencer en de feministe (1980) 1,106 exemplaren
Chance (1996) 1,105 exemplaren
Spenser en het blonde meisje (1978) 1,084 exemplaren
Mortal Stakes (2009) 1,082 exemplaren
The Professional (2009) 1,079 exemplaren
Paper Doll (1993) 1,073 exemplaren
Pastime (1991) 1,059 exemplaren
Spenser en de sneeuwman (1987) 1,057 exemplaren
Spenser en het Double Deuce-project (1992) 1,054 exemplaren
Split Image (2010) 1,033 exemplaren
Crimson Joy (1988) 1,012 exemplaren
Stardust (1990) 1,000 exemplaren
Moordsekte een Spenser verhaal (1984) 997 exemplaren
Playmates (1989) 993 exemplaren
Taming a Sea-Horse (1986) 967 exemplaren
Family Honor (1999) 964 exemplaren
The Widening Gyre (1983) 961 exemplaren
Ceremony (1982) 950 exemplaren
Painted Ladies (2010) 946 exemplaren
A Savage Place (1981) 946 exemplaren
Appaloosa (2005) 921 exemplaren
El misteri de Poodle Springs (1989) 920 exemplaren
Sixkill (2011) 903 exemplaren
Shrink Rap (2002) 884 exemplaren
Spare Change (2007) 859 exemplaren
Perish Twice (2000) 842 exemplaren
Blue Screen (2006) 829 exemplaren
Melancholy Baby (2004) 739 exemplaren
Resolution (2008) 693 exemplaren
Double Play (2004) 617 exemplaren
Brimstone (2009) 574 exemplaren
Blue-Eyed Devil (2010) 520 exemplaren
Gunman's Rhapsody (2001) 456 exemplaren
All Our Yesterdays (1994) 451 exemplaren
Wilderness (1979) 310 exemplaren
The Boxer and the Spy (2008) 295 exemplaren
Edenville Owls (2007) 284 exemplaren
Love and Glory (1983) 211 exemplaren
Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe (1988) — Introductie — 200 exemplaren
The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 (1997) — Redacteur; Introductie — 117 exemplaren
Enter Spencer (3-in-1) (1989) 103 exemplaren
Three Complete Spenser Novels (1995) 59 exemplaren
Spenser's Boston (1989) 52 exemplaren
A Triple Shot of Spenser (3-in-1) (2005) 36 exemplaren
Surrogate (1982) 20 exemplaren
A Year at the Races (1991) 18 exemplaren
Classic Robert B. Parker (2011) 11 exemplaren
Spenser: A Mysterious Profile (2022) 9 exemplaren
The Jesse Stone Novels 1-5 (2012) 6 exemplaren
A Spenserian Sonnet 4 exemplaren
Harlem Nocturne 3 exemplaren
Parker on Writing (1985) 3 exemplaren
Snuff 1 exemplaar
Cold Case 1 exemplaar
Kidnappet (1998) 1 exemplaar
Med på holdet (1998) 1 exemplaar
Une paire de deux (1993) 1 exemplaar
Wild Swams 1 exemplaar
Kouřová clona (2007) 1 exemplaar
Bullet 1 exemplaar

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Gangbare naam
Parker, Robert B.
Officiële naam
Parker, Robert Brown
Geboortedatum
1932-09-17
Overlijdensdatum
2010-01-18
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Plaats van overlijden
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Oorzaak van overlijden
heart attack
Woonplaatsen
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Opleiding
Colby College (BA | 1954)
Boston University (M.A. | 1957 | Ph.D | 1971 | English)
Beroepen
technical writer
advertising
professor
novelist
Relaties
Parker, Joan H. (wife)
Organisaties
United States Army
Northeastern University
Pearl Productions
Prijzen en onderscheidingen
MWA Grand Master (2002)
Gumshoe Award (Lifetime Achievement ∙ 2007)
Shamus Award (The Eye for Lifetime Achievement ∙ 1995)
Bouchercon Lifetime Achievement Award (2006)
Agent
Helen Brann
Korte biografie
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. in Crime, Thriller & Mystery (oktober 2011)

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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 andere besprekingen | 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 andere besprekingen | 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 andere besprekingen | 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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Werken
125
Ook door
24
Leden
67,576
Populariteit
#198
Waardering
½ 3.6
Besprekingen
1,322
ISBNs
1,521
Talen
23
Favoriet
22

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