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In pursuit of spenser : Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero. / Otto Penzler.
When Robert B. Parker passed in early 2010, the world lost two great men: Parker himself, iconic American crime writer whose books have sold more than 6 million copies worldwide, and his best-known creation, Spenser. Parker's Spenser series not only influenced the work of countless of today's writers, but is also credited with reviving and forever changing the genre.In Pursuit of Spenser offers a look at Parker and to Spenser through the eyes of the writers he influenced. Editor Otto Penzler-- proprietor of one of the oldest and largest mystery specialist bookstores in the country, New York's The Mysterious Bookshop, and renowned mystery fiction editor whose credits include series editor for the Best American Crime Writing and Best American Mystery Stories, among many others (and about whom Parker himself once wrote, "Otto Penzler knows more about crime fiction than most people know about anything")-- collects some of today's bestselling mystery authors to discuss Parker, his...
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- ISBN: 9781936661190 (electronic bk)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
- Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.
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Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. New York : Smart Pop, 2012. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1068 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 534 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). |
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Subject: | Nonfiction. Literary Criticism. |
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