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Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American crime writer. His most famous works were the novels about the private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire based on the character in the late 1980s; a series of TV movies based on the character were also produced. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area. Parker was 77 when he died of a heart attack at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts; discovered at his desk by his wife Joan, he had been working on a novel. The Spenser novels have been cited by critics and bestselling authors such as Robert Crais, Harlan Coben and Dennis Lehane as not only influencing their own work but reviving and changing the detective genre.
Parker was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1956 Parker married Joan H. Parker, whom he claimed to have met as a toddler at a birthday party. They spent their childhoods in the same neighborhood.
After earning a BA degree from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, Parker served as a soldier in the US Army Infantry in the Korean War. In 1957, he earned his Master's degree in English literature from Boston University and then worked in advertising and technical writing until 1962. Parker received a PhD in English literature from Boston University in 1971. His dissertation, titled "The Violent Hero, Wilderness Heritage and Urban Reality," discussed the exploits of fictional private-eye heroes created by Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross Macdonald.
Parker wrote his first novel in 1971 while at Northeastern University. He became a full professor in 1976, and turned to full-time writing in 1979 with five Spenser novels to his credit.
Parker's popular Spenser novels are known for his characters of varied races and religions. According to critic Christina Nunez, Parker's "inclusion of other races and sexual persuasions" lends his writings a "more modern feel". For example, the Spenser series characters include Hawk and Chollo, African-American and Mexican-American, respectively, as well as Spenser's Jewish girlfiend, Susan, various Russians, Ukrainians, Chinese, a gay cop, Lee Farrell, and even a gay mob boss, Gino Fish. The homosexuality of both his sons gives his writing " sensibility," Ms. Nunez feels, " strengthens Parker's sensibility." In 1985 Spenser was made into a successful television series, Spenser for Hire which starred Robert Urich, Avery Brooks and Barbara Stock.
Parker created female detective Sunny Randall at the request of actress Helen Hunt, who wanted him to write a part for her to play. He wrote the first book, and the film version was planned for 2000, but never materialized. However, his publisher liked the character and asked him to continue with the series.
Another figure created by Parker is Jesse Stone, a troubled former LAPD detective, who starts a new career as a police chief in a small New England town. Between 1997 and 2010, he wrote nine novels featuring Jesse Stone, many of which have been adapted as TV movies by CBS starring Tom Selleck as Jesse Stone.
Aside from crime writing, Parker also produced several Western novels, including Appaloosa, and children's books. In 1994 he collaborated with Japanese photographer Kasho Kumagai on a coffee table book called Spenser's Boston, exploring the city through Spenser's "eyes" via high quality, 4-color photos. In addition to Parker's introduction, excerpts from several of the Spenser novels were included.
Parker and his wife had two sons, David and Daniel. Originally, the character of Spenser was to have been called "David," but Parker didn't want to appear to favor one of his sons over the other. Parker therefore omitted Spenser's first name entirely, and, to this day, the first name of the fictional Spenser remains unknown.
Parker and his wife Joan separated at one point but then came to an unusual arrangement: she lived on one floor of a large townhouse, he on another, and they shared the others. This living arrangement is mirrored in Spenser's private life: his girlfriend, Susan, had an aversion to marriage and living together full-time. Living separately suited them both, although they were fully committed to each other.
About author and audiobooks:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_B._Parker |
Novels
Robert B. Parker - Family Honor (read by Andrea Thompson)
Robert B. Parker - High Profile (read by Scott Sowers)
Robert B. Parker - Spare Change (read by Kate Burton)
Robert B. Parker - Now And Then (read by Joe Mantegna)
Robert B. Parker - Stranger In Paradise (read by James Naughton)
Robert B. Parker - The Professional (read by Joe Mantegna)
Robert B. Parker - Night And Day (read by James Naughton)
Robert B. Parker - Split Image (read by James Naughton)
Robert B. Parker - Blue-Eyed Devil (read by Titus Welliver)
Robert B. Parker - Painted Ladies (read by Joe Mantegna)
Robert B. Parker - Sixkill (read by Joe Mantegna)
Code:
http://rapidgator.net/file/cb19f30a56a638943b03047048e666d3/Family_Honor.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/e6250e70946915df78e97264087fe94b/High_Profile.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/b1bb6aad1bb37c4ec08c77ba1b8ed0c8/Spare_Change.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/c079ce4611fce40332085c5129ba56a3/Now_And_Then.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/b1ef7ace0055193264d829fd7818cc3b/Stranger_In_Paradise.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/1fd0c493bc7b4dfe1e0027f2a6af1734/The_Professional.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/da1680d8f7511e377b6b4036e077ddaa/Night_And_Day.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/8f3006cd37f1f5388b8c290139dc5427/Split_Image.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/607db9e86c1f7c370c7a163cee9ebc56/Blue_Eyed_Devil.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/c59d6a2806233c0a4a9d5af7158627c1/Painted_Ladies.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/30fa79e7153f5984de951e50e0b5ac7c/Sixkill.rar.html |
Other
Robert B. Parker - Killing The Blues (read by James Naughton)
Code:
http://rapidgator.net/file/faf5eaed4ee09cebf5269ba7f3d5cff6/Killing_The_Blues.rar.html |
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