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The Robert B. Parker Companion | 
| Authors: Dean James, Elizabeth Foxwell
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Category: Book
List Price: $14.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 407842
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0425205541
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425205549
ASIN: 0425205541
Publication Date: October 4, 2005
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Product Description
Finally, here is the complete guide to Robert B. Parker's novels from Spenser to Jesse Stone to Sunny Randall, plot summaries, cast of characters, Boston locations and maps, and more.
Even before he was named Grand Master for Lifetime Achievement by the Mystery Writers of America, Edgar Award-winning Robert B. Parker had assumed the mantle of dean of American crime fiction. "Taking his place beside Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross MacDonald" (Boston Globe), he transcended the crime genre. As one of the most prolific writers in the world, he reinvented crime writing.
Now his millions of fans can discover everything about Robert B. Parker and his books:
- Comprehensive biography of Robert B. Parker
- Inside the Spenser novels
- All about the Jesse Stone and Sunny Randall novels
- Parker's stand-alone fiction
- Complete cast of characters
- Spenser on film
- Robert B. Parker's Boston: locales, crime scenes, and maps
- Memorable quotes
- Inclusive bibliography
- Plus, an exclusive and insightful new interview with Robert B. Parker
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| Customer Reviews:
 Robert B Parker Companion October 7, 2008
The Robert B Parker Companion is all I hoped it would be. It is very informative for all of us Parker fans and is a must for those of us either building a Parker library or just keeping the books in chronological order. The authors' interview with Parker is an added attraction.
 I Agree with First Reviewer -- Disappointing February 23, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Before you buy this Robert B. Parker Companion, my advice is to go into your local bookstore and find a copy on the shelf. Skim through the book and see if it's worth paying full price for.
This rather slim volume simply isn't worth the money, in my opinion. The biography/interview with Parker is brief (you can read the whole thing in less than a few minutes) and far inferior to what you can find on the internet for free. The outlines of the books and characters are pretty skimpy and uninteresting. If you're a hard-core fan, this book may be worth purchasing, but I think for the rest of us, it's just not a good investment. Again, there are fan websites that provide a lot of this information at no cost.
I'm a big fan of Robert B. Parker, but I was disappointed by this book, which looked like a rush job. Parker deserves a better book that surveys his body of work.
For R.B. Parker fans February 23, 2006
6 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is an excellent resource for avid fans of Parker. It outlines his books, gives information about his personal life, and is very readable. I recommend it.
Totally disappointing-I want my money back on this one December 22, 2005
44 out of 45 found this review helpful
I love Robert B. Parker's books, and was looking forward to this "complete guide"--the contents sounded great. What a disappointment it turned out to be! The "comprehensive biography" of Parker is only 2 pages long. That's not my idea of comprehensive. The "exclusive and insightful" interview is only 5 pages long--and not very insightful. The "cast of characters" is just a 116 page list of names. Here are 2 examples "Walker, Judy.(Potshot) Ex-wife of Dean Walker"; and "Fenton.(Perchance to Dream) A Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander." I didn't find it interesting or useful. The whole book is only 206 pages. In my opinion, the 116 pages wasted on the list would have been better used for detailed information on the main characters (Spenser, Hawk, Sunny, Jesse, etc). Another 31 pages are taken up with an alphabetcal list of places where things have occurred. For example,"Bow Lake, The Site of Evan Malone's cabin in Back Story." The plot summaries are not as informative as those you can get for free here on Amazon. The 2 page summary of "Spenser on film" was very superficial. Where are the titles, air dates, cast lists, etc??? Not here. I did like the 5 pages of quotes--but that's about it.
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