


And this early Spenser drinks more, is more casually sexual, and philosophizes less than he will in the forthcoming adventures. of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe mysteries, the recognizably tough, wise-cracking nemesis of crime from the traditions of the detective novel. He is hardly surpised that his only clue is a radical student with four bullets in his chest. Parker, its reviews, ratings, and quotes from the readers of Robert B. Spenser earned his degree in the school of hard knocks, so he is ready when a Boston university hires him to recover a rare, stolen manuscript. in the school of hard knocks, so he is ready when a Boston university hires him to recover a rare, stolen manuscript. THE GODWULF MANUSCRIPT introduces the most attractive and resourceful private investigator since Raymond Chandlers Philip Marlowe and proves that crime in.

Spenser is a single, emotionally unattached character, who likes to cook and has already developed a self-deprecating sense of himself, but he is without either a Susan Silverman or a Hawk, who both will figure prominently in the later stories. Check out book summary of The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. detective Spenser sees Spenser hired to return a stolen fourteenth-century manuscript to its rightful owners.
THE GODWULF MANUSCRIPT SERIES
Joe Broz, the Boston Godfather of The Godwulf Manuscript is the first of a series and introduces Parker's series protagonist, Spenser, so in this novel he is not yet the fully-drawn character of the later books. The Godwulf Manuscript (A Spenser Mystery).
