Sunday, March 23, 2014

Parker: Slayground

Parker: Slayground

author: Darwyn Cooke

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.94

book published: 2013

rating: 5

read at: 2014/03/23

date added: 2014/03/23

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

Turning classic novels into graphic novels can be hit or miss. Darwyn Cooke's graphic novels based on the Parker novels of Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake) seem to capture the tone and style perfectly. The series takes place in the same timeframe as the novels, and Cooke's style is an eyeful of style details from the late 1960s.



In Slayground, Parker is involved in a botched robbery. He escapes over the fence and into an off-season amusement park, abandoned for the winter. He soon discovers it's a dead end, and that the only way out is being guarded by people who want the money he has stolen. But Parker is deadly and not the kind of person you want to try to trap. It's one of the shorter novels, so there is a short backup story as well, The Seventh.



Darwyn Cooke's adaptation, as stated, is perfect. His choice of art is evocative and stark. It's quite good, and I'd love to read more of these.



I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.





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