Charles Willeford (1919–1988)
Auteur de Miami Blues
A propos de l'auteur
Séries
Œuvres de Charles Willeford
Charles Willeford Omnibus: 2: The Woman Chaser, Cockfighter, the Burnt Orange Heresy, the Machine in Ward Eleven (2015) 10 exemplaires
Grimhaven 8 exemplaires
Hoke Moseley Omnibus: Miami Blues, New Hope for the Dead, Sideswipe, the Way We Die Now (2015) 7 exemplaires
The Collected Memoirs of Charles Willeford : I Was Looking for a Street/Something About a Soldier (2000) — Auteur; quelques éditions; Auteur, quelques éditions — 7 exemplaires
The Old Man at the Bridge 2 exemplaires
The First Five In Line 2 exemplaires
Black Lizard 1 exemplaire
The Best of Charles Willeford 1 exemplaire
Sugar Water 1 exemplaire
A Genuine Electryomancer 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense (2006) — Contributeur — 72 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Willeford, Charles
- Nom légal
- Willeford, Charles Ray
- Autres noms
- Charles, Will
Sanders, W. Franklin - Date de naissance
- 1919-01-02
- Date de décès
- 1988-03-27
- Lieu de sépulture
- Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Miami, Florida, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Études
- Biarritz American University, Biarritz, France
Universitarias de Belles Artes, Lima, Peru
University of Miami (B.A., 1962; M.A., 1964) - Professions
- novelist
short-story writer
poet
horse trainer
radio announcer
boxer (tout afficher 7)
actor - Prix et distinctions
- Silver Star
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Luxembourg War Cross
Membres
Critiques
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.
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.
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.… (plus d'informations)
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!
I almost think Willeford is poking fun at the genre in his books - still, you gotta' love Hoke!
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 60
- Aussi par
- 6
- Membres
- 3,603
- Popularité
- #7,029
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 114
- ISBN
- 256
- Langues
- 12
- Favoris
- 26
No way am I reading another book in this series.