RARA-AVIS: Willeford question

Levin, Doug (DLEVIN@DIRECTIMPACT.COM)
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 09:05:31 -0400 >
>
>I would like to know if anyone has an idea about Willeford's _High Priest
>of California_. I hadn't heard of it before, but would like to know a
>little background on it, see if it's something I'd be interested in. thnks
>much,
>
>a.smith
>
_High Priest_ is great stuff--top-notch Willeford from the start. It is
his first published novel--1953, I think--and one of three set in the
San Francisco Bay Area. Its focused plot revolves around vicious and
witty used-car salesman Russell Haxby's attempt to seduce a married
woman. Another used-car salesman, Russell's double of sorts, named
Richard Hudson, appears in _The Woman Chaser_ (1961), which I consider
Willeford's best novel.
The RE/Search reprint of _High Priest_ has a good introduction by Lou
Stathis.

Doug
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