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Review #1
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I enjoyed Comeback. It’s the 17th in the series and first after a long hiatus. So some of the storytelling is a little more modern.
As in all Parker novels, Parker is just as bad as he seems. He possesses a professional code of honor: loyalty and respect for fellow professional thieves with whom he has worked in the past. He is deeply suspicious of new amateurish thieves. He’s violent without hesitation but only if he needs to be. He misses nothing. And no Parker novel would be complete without the double-cross…sometimes multiple double-crosses.
A Parker story generally has these parts: 1) Planning the heist and assembling the team, 2) carrying out the heist that sometimes goes bad, 3) getting away, and 4) dealing with a double-cross. In Comeback, it is mostly about the getaway and the double-cross.
In a Parker novel, Parker doesn’t always succeed. But double-crossers always regret their cheat’n ways.
Comeback involves thieves he knows and has confidence in plus someone new…and that’s the problem. The double-crossing and triple-crossing is the story involving a heist of a corrupt TV evangelist who performs for cash-only. $400,000 was the take when $400,000 was a lot of money.
Parker is impatient with small-talk. He talks only if it serves a purpose. Odd to think that the untalkative Parker reserves for himself the most difficult task of handling people–both fellow thieves as well as the victims. But sometimes he will just wait out people…as in this storyline: “People had to tell their stories their own way, with all the pointless extras.”
Comeback is made more interesting by the fact that the storytelling is not always chronological and sometimes jumps back in time to explain why or how.
There is lots of professional thievery-craft in Comeback such as stealing a car for a brief while and returning it to the same parking space to minimize police attention. Or choosing to be hidden in plain sight.
Review #2
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I followed after Donald Westlake as a student at Harpur College (SUNY Binghamton), where he has been a superstar alumnus. In his day, many of the students were returning veterans from WWII. Westlake is amazing as an author, whether writing his ‘Dortmunder’ series (which proves crime doesn’t pay –his ‘moll’ Mae skims more shoplifting from her supermarket job than Dortmunder heists) or his ‘hard boiled’ Parker series. One interview quotes Westlake (aka ‘Richard Stark’) as saying Parker ‘quit talking to him’ for a few years and suddenly popped out again, like someone who had been serving a term in a penitentary. This is a top-flight ‘Comeback.’
Parker is the supreme realist and the supreme rationalist. He strips everything to its practical essence and cuts out the emotion in favor of creating a ‘laser-like’ focus on a usable end result. The action in this novel is ‘crisp’ and unrelenting from end-to-end. Even the ‘waiting’ crackles with purpose and suspense. All of us older people who have been ‘Parker’ fans know the power of this author and we revisit his works from time to time. Younger readers will find the pacing and ‘special effects’ in these novels to be equal to their own times. I first found these novels in a public library (support yours!) and now I want to own reprints of his work to read and to re-read. The author is that good.
Every last ‘Parker’ or ‘Dortmunder’ novel is worth the ‘price of admission’ if even for a first read. When I want a funny fantasy escape, I go with ‘Dortmunder’ and when I want taut and hard-boiled suspense, I pick up a ‘Parker.’ There won’t be any more of either and they should last as long as Edgar Allen Poe in American classic literature.
Review #3
Audiobook Comeback by Richard Stark
If you want dark crime, fast paced, with a great anti hero, then look no further. Donald Westlake writes better as Stark than he does as Westlake. He’s dead now, but his Stark novels will last forever.
Enjoy Richard Starks tales. Also great in audio format from audible.co.uk. If you drive a lot try some audible stories. Beats the drivel on the radio stations.
Review #4
Audio Comeback narrated by John Chancer
This is a good, solid read. It held my interest, but it’s not a knockout thriller. A decent book to wile away a few hours. Because it’s out of print, available copies appear to be rather pricey. But it’s not the kind of book worth paying a premium price for – really, it’s nothing special.
Review #5
Free audio Comeback – in the audio player below
Parker is uniquely genuine. He is flawed, but true to his core beliefs of the “bent” code of honor and loyalty. Survival is paramount to him, but betrayal is anathema to him for those who also honor the same code to which he adheres. To cross him, is to sign your death warrant.
Although a bit predictable, Comeback was still an enjoyable read. It was great to find this Stark offering after so many years. I am going to miss Parker as this series comes to a close.
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