Re: RARA-AVIS: Willeford as god of noir

From: Karin Montin ( kmontin@sympatico.ca)
Date: 10 Oct 2007


I'm with you, John. I'm not that crazy about The Burnt Orange Heresy. Didn't like Woman Chaser, either. I much prefer the Hoke Moselys and Pick-Up, even Cockfighter. Haven't been able to find the autobiographies or other novels.

Karin

At 08:17 AM 10/10/2007 +0100, John Williams wrote:

>Michael Robison wrote:
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>Am I the only person who actually doesn't like The Burnt Orange Heresy
>all that much? For me, with its incredibly laboured satire of the modern
>art world, this is the weakest Willeford I've read. Personal favourites
>are Pick-Up, the Hoke Moseleys and, best of all, the first volume of
>autobiography, I Was Looking For A Street.



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