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Title: Early Autumn by Robert B. Parker ISBN: 0-440-12214-7 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 May, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (20 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: "Early Autumn" - best Spenser
Comment: Most 'serious' reviewers of Robert Parker's Spenser books will argue that "A Catskill Eagle" is the best of the series. I won't disagree that it's very, very good, but I think Spenser (and by extension, Parker) is at his best in "Early Autumn".
Primarily, through the books, Spenser has deep relationships only with Susan, and to a lesser extent, Hawk. We really don't know much about him beyond the front he puts up for his clients and his opponents. "Autumn" is the exception to that; we see him treat Paul in much the same way he must have been treated as a child and the same way he would have treated a child of his own, if he'd had one -- with respect and decency. He drags the 'real' Paul out of the shell Paul had constructed to protect himself from his parents and the world and provides him with a sense of worth, teaching him, as Spenser says himself, "what [he] knows" -- boxing, running, carpentering and standing up for something.
The end of the book always gets me. I've always been glad, too, that Paul makes further appearances in other books: Widening Gyre and Playmates, among others. It's interesting to see the relationship between Spenser and Paul grow and develop. It deepens Spenser as a character and gives us one more reason to like him.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great book and I'm not even finished reading it yet!
Comment: This is my first Spenser novel and my first Robert B. Parker novel. Parker's writing style is sparse, quick and fun. It's an easy read and so far, thoroughly enjoyable. Last night A&E aired Thin Air, a made for TV Spencer movie. I was going from watching spencer to reading spencer. Robert B. Parker now ranks up there with my other favorite authors, Trevanian, Conor Creggan and Donald E. Westlake. I'm glad that I discovered Parker so late as there is so many old books I can back and read!
Rating: 5
Summary: TOO SHORT, TOO SHORT!
Comment: Great but too short. Should of been deeper. Covers a subject matter that hit home for me.
Parental neglect, of the type where the parents, who's rotten relationship is so all consuming that you, the only child, become just another unwanted burden they can't or don't want to deal with so they cope with you by disregarding your very existence. Add to that the fact that the parents themselves have no friends and discourage you from bringing any home. Add to that the child is shy and not too bright to begin with and you end up with a 15 yr old who's still 8 yrs old.....a looser, a total blank slate. I'd like to see Parker redo this one.
Spenser came along and saved the kid.
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Title: Ceremony by Robert B. Parker ISBN: 0440109930 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 November, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Looking for Rachel Wallace by Robert B. Parker ISBN: 0440153166 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 September, 1987 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Judas Goat by Robert B. Parker ISBN: 0440141966 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: A Savage Place by Robert B. Parker ISBN: 0440180953 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 03 November, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker ISBN: 0440157587 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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