books by Charles Willeford     books:     Charles Willeford      Miami Blues Charles Willeford Vintage, 2004 A great opening book to the best series I have yet come across Hey, is Willeford the man or what? I have spent the last few years devouring mystery/thriller/procedural books and had not come across Hoke Moseley until recently. I can't tell you how refreshing and cool it is to come across perhaps the greatest writer of this genre ...             Charles Willeford Omnibus: "Pick Up", "Burnt Orange Heresy", "Cockfighter" Charles Willeford No Exit Press, 1995             Sideswipe: A Hoke Moseley Detective Thriller Charles Willeford Vintage, 2005 Where have you been all my life? Walter Mosley referred to Charles Willeford in an interview as someone he liked to read. That was a good enough recommendation for me. Wow! Vivid, clear writing. Characters that are less than perfect human beings, whose foibles are not necessarily endearing. The ...             The Way We Die Now Charles Willeford Vintage, 2005 Willeford is the boss The truth is, all of Florida crime writers after Willeford can type until their fingertips fall off, but Willeford will always remain the boss. Willeford is the most deadpan writer imaginable. His Hoke Mosely books are totally without affectation or author ...             Honey Gal Charles Willeford Black Mask, 2008 Willeford's amazing novel of the Right Reverend Deuteronomy Springer, a white novelist who finds himself ministering to a black congregation in Florida.             Made in Miami Charles Willeford Point Blank, 2008 Charles Willeford - the greatest American novelist of the 20th century As famed crime fiction author Elmore Leonard is often quoted as having said about the man: "No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford." I would agree with that. However, I believe it can be stated more simply as "No one writes a better novel than ...             Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s: The Killer Inside Me / The Talented Mr. Ripley / Pick-up / Down ... Robert Polito, Patricia Highsmith, ... Library of America, 1997 More Noir This book is the second volume in the Library of America set on American crime noir. I enjoyed the first volume so much that I decided to read the second one during Christmas break. Once again, the LOA has done a nice job of collecting a fine series of stories. These ...             New Hope for the Dead Charles Willeford Vintage, 2004 Intelligent Character Study So often, you come across a series of books of a certain detective or private investigator and there is no character growth. Well, this book brings about a refreshing change in that procedure. In fact, Willeford gives us a whole novel's worth of character study and ...             The Shark-Infested Custard Charles Willeford Vintage, 2005 Ah, to have buddies like these? Even the title is intriguing, although it has little to do with the story behind it. After savoring the title, you will find that this is a real "buddies" yarn, consisting largely of first-person versions of the same events seen from different points of view. The ...             Burnt Orange Heresy Charles Willeford Carroll & Graf, 1999 Time Capsule of the Culture Wars Willeford's interrogation of the battle between Christianity and Platonism with Sophistic postmodernism is so concretely placed within Miami's seething Bohemian art world as a rotten critic takes on the sacred role of art in our society and has to confront the massive ...             Wild Wives Charles Willeford Vintage, 2006 Another Willeford Classic Ok, you've got this guy Blake, a detective and a real piece of work. Blake gets involved with a real kook of a broad. He mixes business with pleasure and starts thinking with the wrong head. At the end Willeford delivers the kind of twist only he can. Blake is kind ...             The Black Mass of Brother Springer (Saturday Night Special) Charles Ray Willeford Creative Arts Book Company, 1989 Thoroughly original. This off beat novel takes place in the segregated South of the 1950's. In it, Charles Willeford tells the improbable tale of Sam Springer, aka Brother Deuteronomy. For $20 cash, Springer simultaneously purchases both a certificate of ministerial ordination and an ...             Whip Hand W. Franklin Sanders, Charles Willeford Black Mask, 2008 Lash by bloody lash, the she-devil from Dallas would get her revenge.             Writing & Other Blood Sports Charles Ray Willeford Dennis McMillan Publications, 2000             The Woman-Chaser Charles Willeford Black Mask, 2008 a fascinating yet nasty piece of literature.. I have read several novels by Charles Willeford. His latter works from the 1980s, such as Miami Blues, are a blend of crime/humour with a south Florida setting ... stuff that I like. His earlier works from the 1960s/1970s, such as Cockfighter, are rather broodingly ...          products you might be interested in search for books cockfighter, detective, shark-infested, sideswipe, willeford, woman-chaser      toavi.com    web we recommend More Noir randomly chosen book: The Blacksmith's Craft: A Primer of Tools & Methods