Bill Dento wrote,
-> Is anyone else reading the Hoke Moseley books for
Willeford month? I just
> finished SIDESWIPE, the third, some of which is
lifted from NO EXPERIENCE
> NECESSARY (1962)
Oddly enough, I've been reading the Hokes and just finished
SWIPE tonight also. Until the last forty pages the book could
almost be a straight comic novel. about Hoke dealing with his
midlife crisis and the people he encounters. Louden's
explanations to Pop are hilarious. There are so many good
passages I'd have to quote a quarter of the book.
I read COCKFIGHTER and BURNT ORANGE HERESY a couple of years
ago. If they were films they would be independents. MIAMI
BLUES would be major studio. Afterwards the series becomes
more idiosyncratic and interesting. Hoke is not your normal
cop -protagonist.
A couple of things-- People asked about HEIDI. The incident
that propels much of the plot is a young girl French kissing
a man old enough to be her grandfater. Could there be a
connection? Also, MIAMI BLUES with its villian subjected to
wierd injuries. It made me think of the Hiaasen book where
the villain winds up carrying a dead fish that that swallowed
much of his arm. I know both Willeford and Hiaasen worked for
the Miami Herald. Were they friendly enough that Willeford
helped Hiaasen in his first few books? Mark
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