2010: The year in Westlake

By Trent

Note: New content will be light to non-existent for the next week or two, as I travel to celebrate a belated Christmas and an on-time New Year with my family back home.

In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this (very) hurriedly-written summary of 2010.

I hope that your holidays have been and will be […]

Posted by Trent on December 27th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Other Westlake Books, Parker Books, Parker Comics, Parker Movies | Comments are closed

Wallace Stroby looks at the film version of The Outfit

By Trent

Noir of the Week has a real treat–an essay on the film adaptation of The Outfit by crime novelist (and friend of this site) Wallace Stroby.

There’s a lot of Parker in [Robert Duvall’s Earl] Macklin, and [John] Flynn’s screenplay often approximates Westlake’s staccato, adverb-free prose. During […]

Posted by Trent on December 14th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Parker Movies | Comments are closed