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</html><description>Another sad death to report is that of Robert B. Parker, creator of the Boston private detective Spenser (whose first name was never given, but who said that his last name was spelled with an &#x2019;s&#x2019;, &#x201C;like the poet.&#x201D;) It&#x2019;s appropriate to pay tribute to Parker on this blog, both because Frye liked reading detective [&hellip;]</description><thumbnail_url>https://macblog.mcmaster.ca/fryeblog/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2010/01/parker.jpg</thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width>302</thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height>300</thumbnail_height></oembed>
