Charles Willeford was a highly decorated (Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Luxembourg Croix de Guerre) tank commander with the Third Army in World War II. He was also a professional horse trainer, boxer, radio announcer, and painter. Willeford, the author of twenty novels, created the Miami detective series featuring Hoke Moseley, which includes Miami Blues, Sideswipe, The Way We Die Now, and New Hope for the Dead. He died in 1988.
“If you are looking for a master’s insight into the humid decadence
of South Florida and its polygot tribes, nobody does it better than
Mr. Willeford.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Extraordinarily winning. . . . Pure pleasure. . . . Mr. Willeford
never puts a foot wrong.” —The New Yorker
“No one write a better crime novel than Charles Willeford.” —Elmore
Leonard
“A tempo so relentless, words practically fly off the page.” —The
Village Voice
“The prose is clean and tough and flows easily.” --The New York
Times Book Review
“A Graham Greene-like entertainment, but tougher and funnier,
softened by neither simile nor sentiment. This is probably as close
to the real now Miami as any thriller is likely to come.” --Donald
Justice
“Terse, scary, and evocative, Miami Blues is a thriller with cold
blood. . . . Snap up Miami Blues.” --The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Nobody writes like Charles Willeford . . . he is an original–funny
and weird and wonderful.” --James Crumley
“A nasty crime-comedy that’s full of casual violence, outrageous
coincidences, and hilariously rude dialogue. . . . Willeford has a
marvelously deadpan way with losers on both sides of the law.”
--Kirkus Reviews
“Absolutely brilliant in every regard–the definitive Miami novel.”
--Stanley Ellin
“Bone-deep satire . . . terrific.” --Publishers Weekly
“A marvelous read. Do yourself a favor and go buy Miami Blues
immediately.” --Harry Crews
“A top notch crime novel . . . both tough and funny.” —The
Washington Post (refers to New Hope)
“Hoke Moseley is a magnificently battered hero. Willeford brings
him to us lean and hard and brand-new.” --Donald E. Westlake
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