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Two cult novellas from the 1950s which are among the earliest fiction by the author.
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"Nobody writes like Charles Willeford. . . . He is an original funny, weird and wonderful." James Crumley
"Elegant, tough, and rhythmic as a championship boxing match." "San Francisco Chronicle"
Willeford has a marvelously deadpan way with losers on both sides of the law. "The Philadelphia Inquirer"
"Wow! He gives you . . . the viewpoint of the most fascinating asocial trash." Tony Hillerman"
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"Elegant, tough, and rhythmic as a championship boxing match." "San Francisco Chronicle"
Willeford has a marvelously deadpan way with losers on both sides of the law. "The Philadelphia Inquirer"
"Wow! He gives you . . . the viewpoint of the most fascinating asocial trash." Tony Hillerman"
Charles Willeford was a highly decorated (Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Luxembourg Croix de Guerre) tank commander with the Third Army in World War II. He was also a professional horse trainer, boxer, radio announcer, and painter. Willeford, the author of twenty novels, created the Miami detective series featuring Hoke Moseley, which includes Miami Blues, Sideswipe, The Way We Die Now, and New Hope for the Dead. He died in 1988.
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- PublisherGollancz
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0575047267
- ISBN 13 9780575047266
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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