- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks (Dec 1 1990)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0708827640
- ISBN-13: 978-0708827642
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.7 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 113 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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"If you are looking for a master's insight into the humid decandence of South Florida and its polyglot tribes, nobody does that as well as Mr. Willeford."
--The New York Times Book Review
"Harrowing and surprising."
--Publishers Weekly
"The best book on the mystery racks these days [is] Charles Willeford's Miami Blues."
--The Village Voice --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
--The New York Times Book Review
"Harrowing and surprising."
--Publishers Weekly
"The best book on the mystery racks these days [is] Charles Willeford's Miami Blues."
--The Village Voice --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
Junior Frenger, self-styled career criminal, inspired psychopath, inveterate liar, is a man dedicated to his craft. Miami is his playground, and, unpredictable and elusive, he grows rich on its plunder.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A hard boiled thriller with teeth.,
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This review is from: Miami Blues (Mass Market Paperback)
Charles Willeford wrote wonderful true to life's absurdities crime fiction, among his many other accomplishments. This novel (which was made in a movie starring Alec Baldwin) is the first in his only series, starring a much put upon Miami detective named Hoke Moseley. In this initial adventure Hoke runs afoul of an intelligent pyschopath named Freddy Frenger and his ditzy hooker girlfriend while investigating the murder of a Hare Krishna. Along the way Hoke loses his teeth, badge, gun and some of his pride, but never his determination. A mere description of the plot wouldn't begin to do justice to this ironic superb book, full as it is of madcap characters coupled with doses of deadly realism. Very few writers can pull off a mix of the comic and hard boiled, but Willeford was one of those few. Indeed, he was one of the best at it. Read the rest of the books in this series if you can find them, then move on to Willeford's other works and his biography penned by Don Herron.A 5 stars for sure on this tale of Miami mayhem, murder and mischief.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Ultimate Hard Boiled Detective Story,
By Gordon Rios (Palo Alto, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Miami Blues (Mass Market Paperback)
Willeford's Hoke Mosely novels (of which there are four) are essential reading for any fans of this genre.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A masterpiece series,
By A Customer
This review is from: Miami Blues (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the beginning of one of the best series in crime fiction history. It's also, as far as this South Florida native is concerned, the only series of Florida crime books to describe that specific world accurately -- for most people living in Miami it's not an especially glamorous place, but most Florida crime writers misrepresent that to give the public the glitz they are assumed to desire: don't fall for it! Willeford's Miami is the real place where I grew up, down to the most exact and telling details. You've got to read these novels in sequence -- their accumulated power results in a final line that, the first time I read it, had me reeling for days: but don't skip ahead! It works because 4 great books have led you to it.
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