The Green Eagle Score

By Richard Stark

Book Overview

An action-packed crime novel starring Parker, the heister starring in the forthcoming Shane Black film Play Dirty

Richard Stark's Parker novels are the hardest of hard-boiled, classic crime novels where the heists are huge, the body counts are high, and the bad guys usually win.

The Parker novels have been a huge influence on countless writers and filmmakers, including Quentin Tarantino, Stephen King, George Pelecanos, Colson Whitehead, Lucy Sante, John Banville, and many more. Their stripped-down language and hard-as-nails amorality create an unforgettable world where the next score could be the big one, but your next mistake could also be your last. There's nothing else like them.

In The Green Eagle Score, Parker cuts his vacation with Claire short with a new job: stealing the entire payroll of an Air Force base in upstate New York. With help from Marty Fusco, fresh out of the pen, and a smart aleck finance clerk named Devers, Parker tries to shorten the odds on the risky job. But the ice is thinner than Parker likes to think-and a wrench always gets thrown in the works.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226771083
• ISBN13: 9780226771083
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

I love Parker

I am so happy that the Parker stories are being reprinted. I read some of them back in the '60's then went on with my life. Now 40 years later I have taken up with Parker again. No matter what you might think of the morality of Parter you have to admire his expertize. I admit it- I love watching him plot, figure, and execute his capers. I so enjoy watching him deal with his various no-goods in his no nonsense manner. I just would not wnt to join in any of his capers.