The article that Richard Moore mentioned is called something
like "13 Ways of Looking at Charles Williams," and it is
indeed by Ed Gorman. It's in MURDER OFF THE RACK, edited by
Jon Breen. Most of Williams' books were mean and lean,
probably in the 60,000-70,000 word range. RIVER GIRL might be
a bit longer. While a lot of Williams' titles might seem to
be capitalizing on the "backwoods" genre, the books
themselves have little relationship to John Faulkner or
Erskine Caldwell's work. I suspec the publishers had more to
do with the titles than Williams did. Didn't John D.
MacDonald say something like, "Williams is probably the best
of us all"?
Thanks to Southpaw for the info on Ray Ring.
Bill Crider
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