Some authors and publishers see the New York Times bestseller list as the ultimate validation of popular acceptance. But that is just so quantitative. Contrast
Since its publication in 1976, Norman Maclean’s novella A River Runs Through It has become an American classic, earning him comparison to the likes of
In a plot straight out of one of Richard Stark’s Parker novels, an ingenious thief in Washington made his getaway in an inner tube, of
This week’s edition of Time Out Chicago features a great story on the press’s re-publication of the Parker novels—a series of crime novels by Donald
The Los Angeles Times‘ Richard Rayner has written an excellent review of the Parker novels—a noir crime series written by Donald Westlake under the pseudonym
In his August 28 article for the New York Times, “What I did this Summer,” William Grimes mentions his plans to “spend Labor Day with
New in Paperback—The University of Chicago Press has embarked on a project to return the early volumes of Richard Stark’s Parker series to print for
Donald E. Westlake (aka Richard Stark) published The Hunter, the first book in his long-running series about the master thief Parker, in 1962. Since then
Set in the fictitious town of Manawaka, Manitoba, Margaret Laurence’s The Stone Angel offers a moving portrait of its protagonist, nonagenarian Hagar Shiply, as she
Chicago magazine has a nice piece in the December issue about the inspiration behind Francis Ford Coppola’s new film—his first in ten years—Youth Without Youth.
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