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As some of you frustrated readers know, I’ve never understood the appeal of Twitter, so while I do use it to inform people of new posts here and link the occasional interesting article, I don’t check the @worldofparker account regularly. But, fortunately, I did a couple of weeks ago, where I […] Well, I finally watched it. What took me so long? I’ll get to that. The Score is the fifth of Richard Stark’s Parker novels and universally thought of as one of the series’ very best. I bet some would say that The Score is the best. It’s probably in nearly everyone’s top five, […] Rififi (Portugal) 19?? Title translation: Hunter of Men
Title translation: The Statuette Rififi (Portugal) (19??) Title translation: The Cake. VWOP Portuguese-language correspondent Carlos explains: “Bolo” is also used in Portuguese as slang for the pile of money accumulated in the middle of the table in a card game (the betting money). The equivalent of the “pot” in poker games. Cover text translation: “Twelve assault an […] Rififi (Portugal) (19??) Title translation: The Gang I can’t read the text well enough to run it through Google Translate. Rififi (Brazil) (19??) The artwork here makes this lighthearted romp look absolutely terrifying. Title translation: The Girl Cover text translation: “Grofield, an extraordinary adventurer, rescues a young woman in trouble in a race of life and death across Mexico.” Rififi (Brazil) (19??) Title translation: The Rare Coin Hit The cover text is a translation of the “Here’s Parker!” blurb from the Gold Medal first edition. Rififi (Brazil) (19??) Title translation: The Case of the Black Diamonds The cover text is a translation of the “Here’s Parker!” blurb from the Gold Medal first edition. A previous version of this post mistakenly referred to this edition as being from […] Publisher unknown (Brazil) (????) (English: Point Blank) Translation of cover text: Top: “Special Mystery Edition” / Subtitle: “The barbarous vengeance of a betrayed and robbed man!” This Brazilian cover is courtesy of reader Cesar. Over the coming days, I’ll be rolling out a number of Portuguese-language covers that he clued me in to. […] |
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