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The Outfit

Published
Jan 1963
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Action Adventure Action & Adventure
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224
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Hard-boiled crime doesn't get any better than this, the third novel in the classic series starring the deadly heister, Parker!   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.    They wanted Parker dead—and a late-night visit from a hitman proved they meant business. Now Parker plans to get even—dead even. Armed with a new face and his usual iron will, Parker is declaring a coast-to-coast war.

In The Outfit, Parker goes toe-to-toe with the mob, hellbent on taking him down. The notorious lone wolf has some extra tricks up his sleeve, and the entire underworld will learn an unforgettable lesson: whatever Parker does, he does deadly. This third novel in the series, which was the basis for the classic 1973 film The Outfit, with Robert Duvall in the lead, is chock full of astonishing heists and violent battles of will.

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Jul 1984 Avon ISBN13 9780380686506 ISBN10 0380686503
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Dec 1998 Mysterious Press ISBN13 9780446674676 ISBN10 0446674672
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Sep 2008 University of Chicago Press ISBN13 9780226771014 ISBN10 0226771016
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Jan 1981 Gregg Press ISBN13 9780839827108 ISBN10 0839827105
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Dec 1981 Ultramarine Publishing Company ISBN13 9780893661496 ISBN10 089366149X
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Sep 2009 University of Chicago Press ISBN13 9780226772899 ISBN10 0226772896
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Jan 2011 AudioGO ISBN13 9780792774969 ISBN10 0792774965
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Dec 1988 John Curley & Assoc ISBN13 9781555046972 ISBN10 1555046975
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