Robert B Parker obituary | Crime fiction
The late 1960s saw aRaymond Chandler revival in the US, and in 1973 Robert B Parker's novel The Godwulf Manuscript introduced Spenser, a modern version of Chandler's detective, Philip Marlowe. In addition to the literary reference behind his character's name, Parker, who has died aged 77, borrowed Chandler's first-person narration, wisecracking dialogue, and his detective's