William Denton (buff@pobox.com)
Sun, 11 Jul 1999 23:08:11 -0400 (EDT)
On 11 July 1999, Joe Hoffman wrote:
: Is the new McMillan book by Charles Willeford, The
Difference, a
: reissue of the noir western Hombre from Sonora, and
published under
: the name Will Charles?
Yes. www.dennismcmillan.com says:
| The Difference was Charles Willeford's original title for
what he
| called an "existentialist Western" - the book that has
become his
| rarest and most collectible work. Originally The Hombre
From Sonora
| published pseudonymously under the nom de plume "Will
Charles" by the
| Lenox Hill imprint of Crown Books in 1971, the book is
legendarily
| scarce among modern literature collectors and Willeford
aficionados -
| a fine first edition in dustwrapper would command over
$2,000 in
| today's market.
Bill
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