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Comeback (Hardcover)

by Richard Stark (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 292 pages
  • Publisher: Little, Brown & Company; First Edition edition (Oct 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0892966610
  • ISBN-13: 978-0892966615
  • Product Dimensions: 19 x 13.5 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,513,995 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Richard Stark is one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century...his Parker books form a genre all their own - John Banville Whatever Stark writes, I read - Elmore Leonard --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Whatever Stark writes, I read --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Better than Backflash!, 28 Oct 1998
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This review is from: Comeback (Paperback)
If you liked Backflash, than you'll love Comeback. Stark writes with determination. His to the point technique is truely refreshing.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Classic Parker - Stark/Westlake, But....., 26 Jun 1999
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This review is from: Comeback (Paperback)
I enjoyed the story, have been reading Westlake since I was a kid and read The Spy in the Ointment. The Parker books by Stark were (are) more edgy and well written, good solid stories. Other reviewers here have done a much better job than I can discussing the merits of the story and the characters, etc.

I found Comeback to be a bit disappointing, however - it was too easy a read. Amazon so helpfully shows the books dimensions (slightly larger than your typical paperback) and it's page count (304), but when it arrived and I opened it, I was dismayed to see that the book had huge margins and very generous line spacing - I had to doubletake and be sure I had not ordered the "large print" version!

Overall, a good story, there just wasn't quite as much of it as I had expected.

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars pretty good, 1 Mar 1999
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This review is from: Comeback (Paperback)
I enjoyed the movie Payback, based on "The Hunter", by Stark, so I went to get it but couldn't, so I picked this one instead. I enjoyed the book, and thought it was well written, but I have a couple complaints; 1. I frequently doubted the effectiveness of the crooks' plans. They hang around the immediate vicinity of the crime for days, eating in restaurants, checking in and out of motels, stealing cars, etc, all on the pretext that this is less likely to lead to capture than simply leaving town would be. 2. The climax,with Parker and Liss playing hide and seek in a dark house, dragged on way too long, and then the very end was way too abrupt, as if the author had to pee, but wanted to finish the book first. I did enjoy the book overall, though.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Hard as Nails
The master thief Parker returns in a crackling good read by noir master Richard Stark. The pacing is as swift and brutal as the main character. Read more
Published 21 months ago by P. N. Hussey

5.0 out of 5 stars New to me but now I'm hooked
Although I adore the crime/detective genre I must confess that I'd never even heard of Richard Stark (and hadn't read Westlake either). But now I'm hooked. Read more
Published on 17 Dec 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars glad stark is back
I have raved before about the quality of stories produced by master crime writer Donald Westlake. And now Westlake's alter ego, Richard Stark, is back, which is cause for much... Read more
Published on 31 Jan 1998

3.0 out of 5 stars A very loosely knitted plot with too many even characters
Not so good this time. The writer splitted the main character by describing too many words on the other supporting characters that sometimes made a reader like me lose the focus... Read more
Published on 16 Dec 1997

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank God He's Back!!!
I just finished COMEBACK by Donald Westlake writing as Richard Stark. It was a heist novel starring "Parker" , the thief from Stark's novels written in the 1970's. Read more
Published on 14 Nov 1997

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