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Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Out to make a lasting name for himself, he seeks out the greatest painter in the world, now a hermit in the florida swamplands. Download miami blues audiobook by charles willeford. Having a nervous breakdown, two daughters who want to quit high school, and a very pregnant, unmarried partner tells hoke moseley that its time to simplify his crazy life. His laconic style is incomparable and probably his biggest talent, but he is also a master of plot and character. A detective novel where the crime occurs in the last chapter, that alternates between the plotting of a heist and the workings of a policeman are not exactly rare you might say but in the hands of charles willeford this generic plot takes on a whole new life.
Mar 20, 2014 will frears is right to say that the work of charles willeford is difficult to categorise, but while the hoke moseley novels may be in the hammettchandler tradition, the earlier and greater part of his work sits firmly alongside that of jim thompson, the archetypal pulp writer, whose novels defining attribute is precisely what frears. I dont always sympathize or identify with hoke mosely either. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read cockfighter. Charles willeford was a remarkably fine, talented and prolific writer who wrote everything from poetry to crime fiction to literary criticism throughout the course of his. He was also a professional horse trainer, boxer, radio announcer, and painter.
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