Chris Bahn wrote: "Intrigued by all the discussion about
Charles Willeford
- what would be a good place to begin reading him?"
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I'd start with the Hoke Mosley novels, in order: MIAMI BLUES,
NEW HOPE FOR THE DEAD, SIDESWIPE, and THE WAY WE DIE NOW.
That will get you started. Then you'll want to go backwards
and hit the two early-'70s classics: COCKFIGHTER and THE
BURNT ORANGE HERESY. Finally, you'll want to read the short
memoir, I WAS LOOKING FOR A STREET. I think those seven books
(all of which are fairly easy reads) will give you a basic
grounding in Willeford. After you've finished those, I'd pick
up anything of his I could find.
Later....Kip
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