Andrew
One of the previous Quarry novels involved him infiltrating a gonzo porn movie set and that was less horny than this one. But this was still a fun, quick, hard-boiled read.
It's funny to me that Max Allan Collins invented Quarry as a direct homage to Richard Stark's Parker (if he can make a successful series about an unrepentant thief, can I go even darker and make one about an unrepentant assassin?) and yet Quarry has always been the more introspective and emotional of the two. He's a far cry from a killer with a conscious or a heart of gold, but there is a depth to him that keeps me coming back.
One of the previous Quarry novels involved him infiltrating a gonzo porn movie set and that was less horny than this one. But this was still a fun, quick, hard-boiled read.
It's funny to me that Max Allan Collins invented Quarry as a direct homage to Richard Stark's Parker (if he can make a successful series about an unrepentant thief, can I go even darker and make one about an unrepentant assassin?) and yet Quarry has always been the more introspective and emotional of the two. He's a far cry from a killer with a conscious or a heart of gold, but there is a depth to him that keeps me coming back.
I enjoyed this one more than the first book in the series. I really enjoyed how low the stakes were this time around...yes, Parker is a professional thief but he's not a criminal mastermind or world's most elusive jewel thief, and the heist in this story is not a complicated multi-layer operation with twists and bluffs and reveals like Ocean's 11. This more of a "slice of life" story about the criminal element. He meticulously plans a relatively straight-forward robbery, deals with some complications along the way, and at the end he is just as malcontent and empty inside as at the beginning. It's fascinating stuff.
I enjoyed this one more than the first book in the series. I really enjoyed how low the stakes were this time around...yes, Parker is a professional thief but he's not a criminal mastermind or world's most elusive jewel thief, and the heist in this story is not a complicated multi-layer operation with twists and bluffs and reveals like Ocean's 11. This more of a "slice of life" story about the criminal element. He meticulously plans a relatively straight-forward robbery, deals with some complications along the way, and at the end he is just as malcontent and empty inside as at the beginning. It's fascinating stuff.
I enjoyed this one more than the first book in the series. I really enjoyed how low the stakes were this time around...yes, Parker is a professional thief but he's not a criminal mastermind the world's most elusive jewel thief and the heist in this story is not a complicated multi-layer operation with twists and bluffs and reveals like Ocean's 11. This more of a "slice of life" story about the criminal element. He meticulously plans a relatively simple robbery, deals with some complications along the way, and at the end he is just as malcontent and empty inside as at the beginning. It's fascinating stuff.
I enjoyed this one more than the first book in the series. I really enjoyed how low the stakes were this time around...yes, Parker is a professional thief but he's not a criminal mastermind the world's most elusive jewel thief and the heist in this story is not a complicated multi-layer operation with twists and bluffs and reveals like Ocean's 11. This more of a "slice of life" story about the criminal element. He meticulously plans a relatively simple robbery, deals with some complications along the way, and at the end he is just as malcontent and empty inside as at the beginning. It's fascinating stuff.
