Marianne wrote:
"2. Having (see above) recently made a small purchase of 2nd
hand paperbacks (and, incidentally, discovered I enjoy
Prather), I tried to read a Willeford - PICK-UP. Is anybody
able to suggest whether this book is more or less typical of
his output?"
I'd say it isn't. Although I know many really like this book,
it is far from my favorite of his. I'm not saying I didn't
like it, just that it is far more somber than the rest of his
I've read. It's got the dark, existential angst of most of
his works, but without the really twisted black humor that
underlaid so many of them. My favorite is probably Burnt
Orange Heresy, but Black Mass of Brother Springer is another
favorite (didn't Juha just put this back in print?). I also
really liked his Hoke Mosley books (should be read in order),
the first of which, Miami Blues, is a somewhat traditional
police procedural that spins out of control. Hoke loses a bit
more control over his own like in each succeeding book.
Mark
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