Re: RARA-AVIS: Willeford question

Anthony Smith (ansmith@netdoor.com)
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 13:34:57 -0500 > I have a copy of Willeford's "lost novel" in manuscript form. Willeford,
of course,
> hated series (even though he ended up writing the best series of all with
the Hoke
> Mosely novels), so when he was asked for a follow-up to MIAMI BLUES, he
wrote a novel
> in which Hoke goes crazy and murders his daughters.
>
> Anyway, Willeford's agent never even sent it to the publisher, knowing
what the
> reaction would be. Much of the novel was recycled into SIDESWIPE.

This is interesting, and clears things up. I was under the impression it
was written at the end of the series, but to see that it was very early
changes things. I haven' t read all of them yet, just two, but have the
others and am looking forward to reading them. I also want to find earlier
Willeford novels.
a.smith
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