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Charles Willeford (1919–1988)

Author of Miami Blues

60+ Works 3,585 Members 113 Reviews 26 Favorited

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Works by Charles Willeford

Miami Blues (1984) 554 copies
Sideswipe (1987) 322 copies
New Hope for the Dead (1985) 307 copies
The Way We Die Now (1988) 304 copies
Pick-Up (1955) 284 copies
The Burnt Orange Heresy (1971) 283 copies
Cockfighter (1962) 241 copies
The Shark-Infested Custard (1993) 192 copies
The Woman Chaser (1960) 157 copies
Wild Wives (1995) 112 copies
High Priest of California (1953) 88 copies
The Machine in Ward Eleven (1963) 86 copies
I Was Looking for a Street (1988) 73 copies
Kiss Your Ass Good-Bye (1987) 58 copies
Something About a Soldier (1986) 55 copies
Understudy for Death (1961) 55 copies
The Difference (1999) 30 copies
Whip Hand (1961) 24 copies
Made in Miami (1958) 17 copies
Deliver Me from Dallas (2001) 15 copies
Grimhaven 8 copies
Playboys in Miami. (1997) 8 copies
Off the Wall (1980) 7 copies
The Collected Memoirs of Charles Willeford : I Was Looking for a Street/Something About a Soldier (2000) — Author; some editions; Author, some editions — 7 copies
Strange (2011) 6 copies
Poontang and Other Poems (1967) 5 copies
Everybody's Metamorphosis (1988) 3 copies
Proletarian Laughter (1948) 3 copies
Sentences (2013) 2 copies
La Différence (2006) 2 copies
La Machine du Pavillon 11 (2009) 2 copies
Black Lizard 1 copy
The Hombre from Sonora (1971) 1 copy
Una obra maestra (2020) 1 copy
La différence (2013) 1 copy
Sugar Water 1 copy

Associated Works

Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s (1997) — Contributor — 521 copies
The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction (1996) — Contributor — 234 copies
The Playboy Book of Horror and the Supernatural (1967) — Contributor — 70 copies
The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action (2001) — Contributor — 69 copies
Miami Noir: The Classics (2020) — Contributor — 24 copies

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The rape of the wife on page 35 really turned my stomach. And the other ’sex’ scenes are viciously violent as well. The man, the main character of this book, is just a terrible person. Definitely a Florida Man.

Oh, the plot. Reporter investigating a murder/suicide. He interviews the deceased’s husband on page 204 - of a 223 page book! Nothing happens. This 'lost novel' should have definitely staid lost.
 
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Stahl-Ricco | 4 other reviews | Jan 7, 2024 |
Not one of Willeford's finest moments. This rambling book starts with a reporter exploring the case of a woman who commits suicide after killing her two children. But the reporter then meanders through a variety of scenes with a variety of people, and there is no real plot to speak of. If you're a Willeford fan, it takes quite a while before this book even sounds like him, but after he apparently gives up on the original story entirely, there are a few passages of opinions and observations that are pure Willeford after all. This certainly doesn't stoop to the depths of some of the crap Hard Case Crime has published, but it is a real disservice to the author if someone new to him avoids his other books after starting with this one.… (more)
 
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datrappert | 4 other reviews | Feb 23, 2023 |
Fun to read, but not a serious crime/mystery novel .....

I almost think Willeford is poking fun at the genre in his books - still, you gotta' love Hoke!
 
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rjdycus | 9 other reviews | Dec 19, 2022 |
great fun! I will definitely read the rest in the series ...
 
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ISBNs
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