{"product_id":"pale-kings-and-princes-paperback","title":"Pale Kings and Princes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert B. Parker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Ebullient entertainment.\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A hotshot reporter is dead. He'd gone to take a look-see at \"Miami North\"--little Wheaton, Massachusetts--the biggest cocaine distribution center above the Mason-Dixon line. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Did the kid die for getting too close to the truth . . . or to a sweet lady with a jealous husband? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spenser will stop at nothing to find out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Like Philip Marlowe, Spenser is a man of honor in a dishonorable world. When he says he will do something, it is done. The dialogues zings, and there is plenty of action . . . but it is the moral element that sets them above most detective fiction.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Crackling dialogue, plenty of action and expert writing . . . Unexpectedly literate-- Spenser is] in many respects the very exemplar of the species.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"They just don't make private eyes tougher or funnier.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Parker has a recorder's ear for dialogue, an agile wit . . . and, strangely enough, a soup on of compassion hidden under that sardonic, flip exterior.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A deft storyteller, a master of pace.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Spenser probably had more to do with changing the private eye from a coffin-chaser to a full-bodied human being than any other detective hero.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" Spenser is] tough, intelligent, wisecracking, principled, and brave.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Philip Marlowe, Spenser is a man of honor in a dishonorable world. When he says he will do something, it is done. The dialogues zings, and there is plenty of action... but it is the moral element that sets them above most detective fiction. --\"Newsweek\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert B. Parker\u003c\/b\u003e was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, novels featuring Chief Jesse Stone, and the acclaimed Virgil Cole\/Everett Hitch westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, Parker died in January 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 7.08 x 4.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755884216608,"sku":"9780440200048","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/558455cd6fdeeae4ea4729eed2c0d809.webp?v=1780070292","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/pale-kings-and-princes-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}