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Synopsis
**The second novel in the action-packed classic crime series starring Parker, the heister who can't be stopped!**
Richard Stark's Parker novels are the hardest of hard-boiled, classic crime novels where the heists are huge, the body counts are high, and the bad guys usually win. The Parker novels have been a huge influence on countless writers and filmmakers, including Quentin Tarantino, Stephen King, George Pelecanos, Colson Whitehead, Lucy Sante, John Banville, and many more. Their stripped-down language and hard-as-nails amorality create an unforgettable world where the next score could be the big one, but your next mistake could also be your last. There's nothing else like them.
*The Man with the Getaway Face* follows closley on the events of *The Hunter*, thought it stands alone. In New York, Parker knows, there is a contract on his life. In Nebraska there is an unscrupulous plastic surgeon guarded by a punch-drunk fighter. And somewhere in New Jersey there is an armored car stuffed with money. In the middle of it all? Parker.
Parker goes under the knife in *The Man with the Getaway Face*, changing his face to escape the mob and a contract on his life. Along the way he scores his biggest heist yet, but there's a catch-a beautiful, dangerous catch who goes by the name Alma.
Publisher information
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- ISBN: 9780226771007
- Number of pages: 216
- Dimensions: 135 x 204 x 16 mm
- Weight: 272g
- Languages: English
