The Hunter, Donald E. Westlake
The Hunter, Donald E. Westlake
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The Hunter

Author: Donald E. Westlake

Narrator: John Chancer

Unabridged: 5 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2010

Synopsis

You probably haven’t noticed them, but they’ve noticed you. They notice everything. That’s their job. Sitting quietly in a nondescript car outside a bank making note of the tellers’ work habits. Lagging a few car lengths behind the Brinks truck on its daily rounds. Surreptitiously jiggling the handle of an unmarked service door at the racetrack. They’re heisters. They’re pros, and Parker is far and away the best of them. In The Hunter, the first volume in the series, Parker roars into New York City, seeking revenge on the woman who betrayed him and on the man who took his money, stealing and scamming his way to redemption.

About Donald E. Westlake

Richard Stark (1933–2008), wrote dozens of novels under his own name and a rainbow of other pseudonyms. Many of his books have been adapted for film, most notably The Hunter, which became the 1967 noir Point Blank and the 1999 smash Payback.

About John Chancer

John Chancer is an award winning narrator of numerous audiobooks. He has performed in theaters on both sides of the Atlantic. His television appearances have included Any Human Heart, Episodes, Spooks, The Long Firm, and William & Mary. His films include Casino Royale, Unstoppable, Grim, and Project: Shadowchaser.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on February 28, 2024

This is a classic hard-boiled novel, the first book in a series that would ultimately run to twenty-four books published between 1962 and 2008. The series featured a brutal, smart, amoral professional criminal known only as Parker who worked with crews of other professional criminals and usually foc......more

Goodreads review by Bill on August 31, 2024

A very cold book about a very hard man. Master thief Parker has been left for dead, betrayed by his partner and his wife, and now he's out for revenge. If you like sociopath heroes, this is the noir for you, particularly if you also appreciate a spare, efficient prose style. "The Hunter" has been fil......more

Goodreads review by Dave on March 04, 2023

Okay, so I did this backwards, read my first Parker via Darwyn Cooke’s sixties retro illustrated version, which I liked, but you know, the source material is better, natch. This is a short classic that introduces Parker, a brutal, laconic thief bent in this first book on revenge. Which you have to a......more

Goodreads review by Kemper on September 05, 2010

When we meet Parker, we don’t know much about him. He’s just a guy with shabby clothes and a bad attitude walking across the George Washington Bridge into New York without a dime to his name. Within hours of arriving in Manhattan, Parker has used an early ’60s form of identity theft to fill his wall......more

Goodreads review by Francesc on July 30, 2020

Novela muy entretenida y con un personaje principal de gran potencia. Parker es muy duro y no se deja intimidar por nada ni nadie. Very entertaining novel and with a main character of great power. Parker is very tough and is not intimidated by anything or anyone.......more

Quotes

“The first good chunk of this one grabs you by the throat and dares you to blink. You get sucked so fully into this portrayal of 1960s New York, that you can almost smell the old city stink.” NaturalAnthems.com

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