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Boston was also a character in Robert B. Parker's 65 books. (John Earle/ G.P. Putnam's Sons via AP) |
‘Spenser’ novelist Parker dead at 77
Prolific, funny, he reinvented genre
Robert B. Parker, whose spare, eloquent sentences turned the tough private investigator Spenser into one of Boston’s most recognizable fictional characters, suffered a heart attack at his desk in his Cambridge home Monday and died. He was 77. (Full article: 1039 words)
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