Charles Willeford
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. ... [... more]
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Crime Novels Part 2
 From Amazon.com: The best American crime novels deserve their place in the pantheon of American literature, but they hold special interest for cinema enthusiasts, who can both compare them to the movies they became and can roll imaginary films of the [... more]
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New Hope for the Dead
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 [... more]
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The Shark-Infested Custard
Tarantinoesque: Quentin Tarantino has admitted to being influenced by the writing of Charles Willeford, and the "The Shark Infested Custard" is the most Tarantinoesque of Willeford's novels. Too hardcore to be published in the 70's, it finally [... more]
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Sideswipe: A Hoke Moseley Detective Thriller
Author: Charles Willeford Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9781400032488 Edition: Reprint ISBN: 1400032482 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: 2005-03-08 Release Date: 2005-03-08 [... more]
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The Woman Chaser
One of my favorite noir books: I love this book. The ending is so damn brilliant, so startling. Any one who loves noir needs to read this book. Dave Zeltserman, author of In His Shadow Great American Noir: Charles Willeford wrote psychopaths better than [... more]
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Amazon CA |
The Second Half of the Double Feature
Essential Willeford: I received an advance copy of this collection and if you like Willeford, you're absolutely going to love this selection. It has 25 stories, almost none of which I had read before, and the variety in these stories is -- to put it [... more]
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Wild Wives and High Priest of California
Author: Charles Willeford Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780977431328 ISBN: 0977431320 Number Of Pages: 212 Publication Date: 2006-08 [... more]
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Amazon CA |
Charles Willeford Omnibus
Author: Charles Willeford Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 364 EAN: 9781874061397 ISBN: 1874061394 Number Of Pages: 602 Publication Date: 2000-09-19 [... more]
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Miami Blues
This top-notch crime novel is the standard for the genre: Hoke Moseley has lost his gun, his badge, his teeth, his hair, and his wife, but he hasn't lost his bloodhound instincts. A knockout crime novel that has it all--a very bad bad guy, off-beat humor, [... more]
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Honey Gal
Author: Charles Willeford Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9781596544512 ISBN: 1596544511 Number Of Pages: 178 Publication Date: 2007-03 [... more]
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The Way We Die Now
The Way We Die Now is very entertaining: This Hoke Moseley book is the best I have ever read. I have read Sideswipe, and it's not nearly as good as The Way We Die Now. It is something that Quentin Tarantino should make a movie from. I will give this book [... more]
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