I like Williams too. For me he is close to Willeford, but I find
Willeford has an irony in his writing that is absent from Williams (or
more likely, it's probably there but I can't detect it) which keeps
Willeford at the top of my list. To be fair, I've read most of
Willeford (including the Broward Country Library manuscript of
Grimhaven), but only a few Williams. I recently read the soon to be
published 'Filthy Rich' graphic novel by Brian Azzarello and Victor
Santos. It was strongly reminiscent of Williams because it takes
place in the fifties and the main character is an ex football player
car salesman who becomes a bag man for a rich heiress. It's no
Williams unfortunately (how can you invoke comparison and not suffer
as a result) but still a good read. The biggest problem for me these
days is that Williams books are hard to find.
--Stewart
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Jeff Vorzimmer<jvorzimmer@austin.rr.com> wrote:
> I think Williams is a better writer than John D MacDonald (so did he), Gil Brewer, Jim Thompson or Charles Willeford.
>
> Jeff
>
>> Tom wrote:
>> "man I really dug "The Big Bite". it reminded me of Willeford in a way,. . ."
>> Now that's high praise in my book. I just moved it to the top of my TBR pile. I must admit, I've only read one Williams, the recent A Touch of Death.
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