The Outfit: A Parker Novel (Parker Novels) by Richard Stark

by Richard Stark

Paperback

About the author

A pseudonym used by Donald E. Westlake.

Reviews

[Blaise Carland · Rating 4 out of 5]

Can’t go wrong with a Parker novel. Probably my third reread of the series.

[David Rush · Rating 3 out of 5]

I "liked" it.

But I somehow begrudgingly like it.
I mean, "it is what it is", more of Parker kicking ass and always the smarted guy in the room, state, and world. After a while it is a little tiring. I mean he is able to take on organized crime and get them to back down. I know it is all made up, but dang, that is one lucky criminal.

Cute quotes

Schmeissers—burp guns with folding stocks. | Location: 1,178

Let them give him a ticket. The car was a mace anyway. | Location: 1,838

Tuns out a burp gun in a machine gun

Not sure about a car being a mace, but a lazy Internet search say mace has something to with a swindler or con-man

[Charlie Batano · Rating 4 out of 5]

A delightful romp that clocks in at a pretty short 200 pages. Parker acts more like a hard boiled criminal in this book, whereas in the first book he acts like a sociopath at times. I view this as a good change.

The second act of the book is a bunch of Parkers associates committing jobs against 'the outfit', which makes for a very fun, fast paced read.

If any book were to be turned into a movie/TV series this would be a low hanging fruit.

Looking forward to the next in the series, great beach read.

[Thom Brannan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once again, Parker ends up facing down organized crime and it's awesome. I was so happy when I found out Mel Gibson's Payback came from a book series, and this is exactly what I'd hoped it would be.

My favorite part of this one, however, is the step away from Parker and the bigwig Outfit people for the heist montages.

This very inspiring, and I need to find some Parker pastiche once I'm done with the series.

[Austin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ahh good old Parker has finally had enough and makes good on his word to bring The Outfit to its knees. I’ve found myself wishing these books were slightly longer just to have more time in that world

[Daniel Polansky]

An amoral gunhand goes to work on an extremely loose depiction of the mafia. I admire Stark's willingness to make his anti-hero an absolute prick, and this certainly moves quickly, but there's an element of fanboyishness to all of it that kind of sticks in my craw.

[Pablo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me encantan estas novelas super cortas que son como leer una película. Parker es un personaje eficiente y divertido, me hace acordar a Logen Ninefingers de The First Law Trilogy un poco. Voy a seguir leyendo Parker entre libros hasta que se me acabe, y después buscar más del género.

[Tommy · Rating 3 out of 5]

The pacing was much different this time around. As I was reading, it was a bit annoying to jump to a different character every chapter in Part 3, but overall was a nice end to a great trilogy of books. I’ll keep trucking my way through.