I mention all this because I've just checked out the back flap of Slayground (see previous post) and consequently have answered my own question as to why Allison & Busby decided to publish the fourteenth Parker novel first: there was a film out. As the flap text states, "Richard Stark has written fourteen novels featuring his coldly methodical anti-hero Parker [actually it was sixteen by this point – Plunder Squad and Butcher's Moon followed Slayground in the early seventies – but anyway...]. Peter Coyote is the fourth to take the role in a major film [er, actually he was the sixth by this point, although I guess that depends on how you define "major film"; Made in USA, Point Blank and The Split all get a mention in the text, but surely The Outfit qualifies too...?] – Slayground."
And here it is:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikj3pt-u0-Ta5wIScoac6fldSGxwoxRYw3UTWQJgF0iWWcs_nBDXcXBhb3YSs35Jus3RB60U3DOWpGhtyje5TrekqpC_jgDZbsoIOGp9UfbDh5mYCwneot6U_Ppxg1qpQgGARBmk9qXeVq/s200/Slayground.jpg)
And yes, that bloody face in the background is indeed Mel Smith, of Alas Smith & Jones and Not the Nine O'clock News fame. I haven't seen Slayground, but the review at Violent World of Parker (which is a terrific website) ain't great. And they should know.
Anyway. Another question answered.
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