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A classic of Hard-boiled fiction, Charles Willeford's Wild Wives is amoral, sexy and brutal. Written in a sleazy San Francisco hotel in the early 1950's while on leave from the army, Willeford creates a tale of deception featuring the crooked detective Jacob C. Blake and his nemesis-a beautiful, insane young woman who is the wife of a socially prominent San Francisco architect. Blake becomes entangled in a web of deceit, intrigue and multiple murders in this exciting period tale. First published 1956.
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Review:
"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"
About the Author:
"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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- Publisherblackmask.com
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1596542233
- ISBN 13 9781596542235
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages100
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