Hoke Moseley Omnibus: Miami Blues, New Hope for the Dead, Sideswipe, the Way We Die Now
Author(s): Charles Willeford
Hoke Moseley is the star of the modern South Florida crime novel, birthed by Charles Willeford, whose forebear is John D. MacDonald and who, in his turn, has inspired Carl Hiaasen and Quentin Tarantino. Through Moseley we are witness to a Miami in transition, from lush retirement haven to capital of 1980s glamour, drugs and weird crime. Willeford's four Miami novels present a hero rather the worse for wear. Hoke sucks at life; in his mid-forties, with false teeth and an aching body, a bad divorce has left him with the cheap work and the care of two teenage daughters. His offbeat humour, brilliant writing and quirky sense of fashion have assured Charles Willeford a permanent place alongside the greats of modern crime fiction.
Product Information
Charles Willeford (1919-88) Charles Willeford was a professional horse trainer, boxer, radio announcer and painter. He was also a highly decorated tank commander (Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Luxembourg Croix de Guerre) with the Third Army in the Second World War. Willeford, the author of twenty novels, created the Miami detective series featuring Hoke Moseley, which includes Miami Blues, Sideswipe, The Way We Die Now and New Hope for the Dead.
General Fields
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- : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
- : Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- : 0.896
- : 01 June 2015
- : 198mm X 136mm X 49mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : 880
- : Paperback
- : Charles Willeford