Parker does not introduce any radically new techniques in Small Vices. As usual, Spenser narrates the story in a series of sharply observed encounters and vignettes, punctuated by Spenser's own sardonic and self-deprecating humor.
However, when Spenser is wounded, his fall into the Charles River and his period of unconsciousness afterward, with haunted dreams, are vividly described.
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