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Early Autumn
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780440122142
ISBN: 0440122147
Label: Dell
Manufacturer: Dell
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: April 05, 1992
Publisher: Dell
Release Date: April 05, 1992
Studio: Dell
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Editorial Review:
A bitter divorce is only the beginning. First the father hires thugs to kidnap his son. Then the mother hires Spenser to get the boy back. But as soon as Spenser senses the lay of the land, he decides to do some kidnapping of his own.With a contract out on his life, he heads for the Maine woods, determined to give a puny 15 year old a crash course in survival and to beat his dangerous opponents at their own brutal game.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - The Absolute Best Spenser Ever
This is, without a doubt, the best Spenser book of all. Superficially, it's a great story with a captivating plot. Look a little deeper and you will see a more complex moral commentary.
This book made quite an impression on me many years ago when I first read it as a teenager. Perhaps that was when I first developed my crush on a fictional character... I was particularly struck with Spenser's explanation of gender roles, which I have since used on my own kids since (with no credit ... Read More
Rating: - A Great Spenser Novel
EARLY AUTUMN is the seventh Spenser novel, and it's definitely one of the best ones. In this story, Spenser first meets 15-year old Paul Giacomin, who will become something of a surrogate son to him. This novel is mainly about their relationship with each other, and how Spenser teaches him how to grow up and deal with life in a self-respecting way.
I love this novel because Spenser teaches Paul about his moral code, which I pretty much fully agree with. I really enjoyed the life lessons ... Read More
Rating: - Favorite Spenser Story
I started reading Robert B. Parker on a whim a couple of years ago, and I have not been able to put his books down...I even reread the favorites often because they are so enjoyable. The one I pick up the most is Early Autumn, because it truly shows Spenser as a man, not just a literate PI, not just as Susan Silverman's subject and object of affection. Not only is he a true man in this story, but he also shows a young, lost-to-the-world boy how he needs to become a man fast to survive.
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Rating: - Spenser is just a big ol' softie . . .
We see Spenser's softer side in this book, where what starts as what seems a fairly straight-forward attempt to retrieve a boy (Paul) from a non-custodial father turns deadly when the father doesn't want to give up his rights and turns to some unsavory elements to get his way. When mother and father continue fighting dirty and Spenser notes that neither truly want Paul - they just want what he represents (a triumph over the other), Spenser takes matters into his own hands and takes on Paul himself, to ... Read More
Rating: - Oh, yeah!
This is my third (i.e. the third one I have read, NOT the third one in the series!) Spenser novel. I did read the first two in the series, Godwulf Manuscript and God Save the Child. Now at last I see what all the hullaballoo over Spenser is about. He's not just a good detective, not just courageous, and not just outrageously smart-mouthed. Spenser also possesses the wisdom of Solomon and all of the goodness and decency we would all like to possess. He wants always to do what is right, and there is nothing ... Read More
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