Don Lee wrote:
I would like to request please that someone start by talking
about Charles Willeford. I am just now getting into him--I've
read WILD WIVES, COCKFIGHTER, PICK-UP, and I have a copy of
SIDESWIPE that I haven't started yet. He seems much better
than average to me.
************* Willeford kicks ass. A long time ago Mario
mentioned that neo-noir is separated from noir by an irony of
style. I thought what the hell is that, but when I read Wild
Wives, I understood. It puts a humorous ironic twist on a
standard noir theme.
If you are into it, Willeford has also got a great book of
essays out. I think it's called Writing and Other Blood
Sports.
I think his best is The Burnt Orange Heresy. The worst I've
read is The Difference. The Difference plays off an irony of
style of the old Westerns, but it lacked the edge of his
other works.
miker
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