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title: "3 Parker Novels Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [The other thing that I got back then - the Parker novels have never had much of anything to do with race.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-e-westlake/the-other-thing-that-i-got-back-then-the-parker-novels-have-never-had/)

[Donald E. Westlake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-e-westlake/)

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> [Whether early or late, the Parker novels are all superlative literary entertainments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-teachout/whether-early-or-late-the-parker-novels-are-all-superlative-literary/)

[Terry Teachout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-teachout/)

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> [Donald Westlake's Parker novels are among the small number of books I read over and over. Forget all that crap you've been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-block/donald-westlake-s-parker-novels-are-among-the-small-number-of-books-i/)

[Lawrence Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-block/)

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