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A Catskill Eagle is the 12th Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker, first published in 1985. The title comes from a quote from Herman Melville. Plot. Spenser is a private investigator in Boston.
- Robert B. Parker
- 1985
1. Jan. 2001 · A Catskill Eagle. Robert B. Parker. 4.04. 8,393 ratings377 reviews. “His best mystery novel”— Time. Susan's letter came from Hawk was in jail, and she was on the run. Twenty-four hours later Hawk is free, because Spenser has sprung him loose—for a brutal cross-country journey back to the East Coast.
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- Mass Market Paperback
- Cover Information
- Recurring Characters
- Literary References, or "The Annotated Gumshoe"
- Meanwhile, in the Spenser Universe
- Favorite Lines
- Food
- Drink
- Notes
"For Joan"
"In the detective business, Spenser sometimes had to bend the law. Other times, he broke it. But he lived by his own inviolate rules. He didn't kill unless he had to. He helped a friend in trouble. And he loved just one woman, even though she was the one woman he'd just lost.
•Hawk spends most of the story right beside Spenser, trying to find Susan. The gruesome twosome...
•Vince Haller puts in a brief appearance as Spenser's lawyer (and he's gonna need one, too!).
•Henry Cimoli rigs up a cast for Spenser to smuggle a gun in.
•Paul Giacomin has a brief phone conversation with Spenser.
•Rachel Wallace uses her skills at research to help Spenser locate the Costigans.
•Lt. Quirk helps arrange a deal with various three-letter organizations to get Spenser out of several jams.
Title Significance: "And there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and soar out of them again and become invisible in the sunny spaces. And even if he forever flies within the gorge, that gorge is in the mountains; so that even in his lowest swoop the mountain eagle is still higher than the other birds upon the plain, even though they soar." - Herman Melville, Moby Dick [1851] Contributor Simone Hochreiter notes that is comes at the end of chapter 96.
My guess is that Spenser is the eagle, and in the course of rescuing Susan, he does some pretty low things (murder, arson, theft, etc), but since he's doing them for a good cause (mainly Susan's well-being), that he's still better than your common criminal who might do all of those things. Anyone else care to comment?
Chapter 4:
•"I'm singing to the coon." - And the song he was singing was Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo), originally performed by the Andrew Sisters and Danny Kaye in 1947. Thanks to Dan Addy for reminding me to include the full Lyrics
Chapter 9:
•"Hell is other people" - Jean Paul Sartre, Huis-Clois (No Exit) [1944], scene 5.
•Spenser has cut his coffee intake down to emergencies only, or so he says. Since this whole book constitutes one big emergency, I guess we can forget about him cutting back on coffee for this book.
•Spenser was born in Laramie, Wyoming, by caesarian section. His mother died giving birth to him, so he was raised by his father and two uncles, who were all carpenters.
•Susan's relationship with Russell Costigan is a real and serious one. It started as a gesture of freedom and maturity on Susan's part, but developed over time. Giving Russell up was probably the hardest thing Susan ever did, except for maybe leaving Spenser in the first place.
•When Spenser returned from California (cf. A Savage Place), he needed more support from Susan, support for his failure to keep Candy Sloan alive. It was too much for Susan and she began to distance herself from him. It ultimately led to her moving out west and this whole business with the Costigans.
•There's not much to do in Pequod, Connecticut (note that Captain Ahab sailed a ship by that name) so Spenser gets in some reading:
•The March of Folly (From Troy to Vietnam) by Barbara W. Tuchman.
Chapter 2:
"A kid with tie-dyed hair strolled by wearing a white plastic vest and soft boots like Peter Pan. He had no shirt on and his chest was white and hairless and thin. He glanced at himself covertly in the store windows, filled with the pleasure of his outlandishness. He was probably hoping to scare a Republican, though in Kenmore Square they were sparse between ball games."
Chapter 3:
"At Hertz I got a Buick Skylark with the window crank handle missing on the driver's side. Where was O.J. when you needed him."
That's the trouble with making time-sensitive joke headers. Nowadays he swings his 5 iron through sand traps and out-of-bounds shrubbery searching for the elusive killer. Fortunately, the cuts to his hand have healed nicely.
Chapter 3:
•Chapter 6: Two donuts and two coffees at a donut shop.
•Chapter 8:
Skippy peanut butter on pale white bread at the prostitutes' place.
White toast and Kraft strawberry jam for supper.
•Chapter 10: Buffalo stew, sourdough rolls, and coleslaw at Tommy's Joynt.
•Chapter 14: Coffee and English muffins
•Chapter 1: Steinlager from New Zealand at home.
•Chapter 8: Jug wine at the prostitutes' place.
•Chapter 10: Anchor Steam beer at Tommy's Joynt.
•Chapter 20: Implied he would have some Steinlager at Yvonne's.
•Chapter 23: Beer at the safe house.
•Chapter 24: Scotch with Rachel Wallace.
•Minor gaffe: In chapter 46, Susan is described as saying about Jerry Costigan: "He doesn't drink, he doesn't smoke." Yet in chapter 13, we find Jerry Costigan sipping a glass of port. Recreational use? Social drinking? Mistake? Nothing really important, but I thought I'd mention it.
•This is the earliest novel in which I caught Parker deviating from his use of "he/she said" in phrasing a sentence. See what I mean on a page I call You Don't Say
•In Chapter 24 Hawk straightens out Rachel Wallace (if you'll pardon the expression) about her seeing him as Spenser's sidekick. Parker is making a point about the relationship between these too guys that many people still don't understand. It's mutual respect. Hawk doesn't follow orders from Spenser, he goes along because his friend asks him to, and he usually (but not always) allows for Spenser's soft-heartedness.
•Oops: Contributor Brenda Powell points out a glaring error in Chapter 40. While talking at the safe house Spenser notes of Susan "Her eyes were very blue and large."
•Blue-eyed? Susan? Nonsense, her eyes are dark; in fact the first time he met her in God Save the Child he called them black. Good catch, Brenda.
•Oops2: Okay, who wasn't paying attention here? Dr. Parker, his copy editors and I all missed this one, but Iain Campbell writes the following:
24. Juni 2010 · A Catskill Eagle (Spenser Book 12) Kindle Edition. by Robert B. Parker (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.3 3,404 ratings. Book 12 of 52: Spenser. See all formats and editions. Susan's letter came from California: Hand was in jail, and she was on the run.
- 1985
- Robert B. Parker
About A Catskill Eagle. Spenser’s girlfriend Susan goes away with another man, Jerry Costigan, the son of a very rich and dangerous criminal. Spenser and his friend, Hawk, go to find Susan. Soon they are in the world of the CIA, guns and murder.
- Mass Market Paperback
Detective Spenser tries to rescue his lover Susan from a cult leader in this action-packed thriller. The book features Spenser's signature wit, his loyal sidekick Hawk, and a CIA plot twist.
Twenty-four hours later, Hawk is free, because Spenser has sprung him loose—for a brutal cross-country journey back to the East Coast. Now the two men are on a violent ride to find the woman Spenser loves, the man who took her, and the shocking reason so many people had to die. . . . Praise for A Catskill Eagle.
