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Early Autumn
by Robert Parker
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25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
"Early Autumn" - best Spenser, April 18, 2000
Reviewer:Janet Aldrich (Cleveland, OH USA) -
Most 'serious' reviewers of Robert Parker's Spenser books will argue that "A Catskill Eagle" is the best of the series. I won't disagree that it's very, very good, but I think Spenser (and by extension, Parker) is at his best in "Early Autumn". Primarily, through the books, Spenser has deep relationships only with Susan, and to a lesser extent, Hawk. We really don't know much about him beyond the front he puts up for his clients and his opponents. "Autumn" is the exception to that; we see him treat Paul in much the same way he must have been treated as a child and the same way he would have treated a child of his own, if he'd had one -- with respect and decency. He drags the 'real' Paul out of the shell Paul had constructed to protect himself from his parents and the world and provides him with a sense of worth, teaching him, as Spenser says himself, "what [he] knows" -- boxing, running, carpentering and standing up for something. The end of the book always gets me. I've always been glad, too, that Paul makes further appearances in other books: Widening Gyre and Playmates, among others. It's interesting to see the relationship between Spenser and Paul grow and develop. It deepens Spenser as a character and gives us one more reason to like him.
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5 1-hour cassettes
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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11:15 AM PDT, July 22, 2006
Ah, that's what a Blog is. I'm a bit overwhelmed. My current plan is to post here on a regular schedule (to be determined) and to periodically answer the questions that have come since I answered the last batch.
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6:40 AM PDT, July 20, 2006
I seem to be on a Blog. I'm not exactly sure what a Blog is. But, I'm told it can be a vehicle for interaction with readers -- so, if you have any questions you'd like to ask me (or praise you'd like to heap) fire away.
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Patty Giacomin, New York, Elaine Brooks, Harry Cotton, Mel Giacomin, Buddy Hartman, Emerson Road, North Conway, Jesus Christ, Susan Silverman, American Express, Distant Mirror, Harbour Health Club, Name's Spenser, Patty Giaeomin, Paul Giacomin
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