- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (Aug 10 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1400032466
- ISBN-13: 978-1400032464
- Product Dimensions: 13.3 x 1.4 x 20.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 222 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #288,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“If you are looking for a master’s insight into the humid decadence of South Florida and its polygot tribes, nobody does it better than Mr. Willeford.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Extraordinarily winning. . . . Pure pleasure. . . . Mr. Willeford never puts a foot wrong.” —The New Yorker
“No one write a better crime novel than Charles Willeford.” —Elmore Leonard
“A tempo so relentless, words practically fly off the page.” —The Village Voice
“The prose is clean and tough and flows easily.” --The New York Times Book Review
“A Graham Greene-like entertainment, but tougher and funnier, softened by neither simile nor sentiment. This is probably as close to the real now Miami as any thriller is likely to come.” --Donald Justice
“Terse, scary, and evocative, Miami Blues is a thriller with cold blood. . . . Snap up Miami Blues.” --The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Nobody writes like Charles Willeford . . . he is an original–funny and weird and wonderful.” --James Crumley
“A nasty crime-comedy that’s full of casual violence, outrageous coincidences, and hilariously rude dialogue. . . . Willeford has a marvelously deadpan way with losers on both sides of the law.” --Kirkus Reviews
“Absolutely brilliant in every regard–the definitive Miami novel.” --Stanley Ellin
“Bone-deep satire . . . terrific.” --Publishers Weekly
“A marvelous read. Do yourself a favor and go buy Miami Blues immediately.” --Harry Crews
“A top notch crime novel . . . both tough and funny.” —The Washington Post (refers to New Hope)
“Hoke Moseley is a magnificently battered hero. Willeford brings him to us lean and hard and brand-new.” --Donald E. Westlake
“Extraordinarily winning. . . . Pure pleasure. . . . Mr. Willeford never puts a foot wrong.” —The New Yorker
“No one write a better crime novel than Charles Willeford.” —Elmore Leonard
“A tempo so relentless, words practically fly off the page.” —The Village Voice
“The prose is clean and tough and flows easily.” --The New York Times Book Review
“A Graham Greene-like entertainment, but tougher and funnier, softened by neither simile nor sentiment. This is probably as close to the real now Miami as any thriller is likely to come.” --Donald Justice
“Terse, scary, and evocative, Miami Blues is a thriller with cold blood. . . . Snap up Miami Blues.” --The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Nobody writes like Charles Willeford . . . he is an original–funny and weird and wonderful.” --James Crumley
“A nasty crime-comedy that’s full of casual violence, outrageous coincidences, and hilariously rude dialogue. . . . Willeford has a marvelously deadpan way with losers on both sides of the law.” --Kirkus Reviews
“Absolutely brilliant in every regard–the definitive Miami novel.” --Stanley Ellin
“Bone-deep satire . . . terrific.” --Publishers Weekly
“A marvelous read. Do yourself a favor and go buy Miami Blues immediately.” --Harry Crews
“A top notch crime novel . . . both tough and funny.” —The Washington Post (refers to New Hope)
“Hoke Moseley is a magnificently battered hero. Willeford brings him to us lean and hard and brand-new.” --Donald E. Westlake
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After a brutal day investigating a quadruple homicide, Detective Hoke Moseley settles into his room at the un-illustrious El Dorado Hotel and nurses a glass of brandy. With his guard down, he doesn’t think twice when he hears a knock on the door. The next day, he finds himself in the hospital, badly bruised and with his jaw wired shut. He thinks back over ten years of cases wondering who would want to beat him into unconsciousness, steal his gun and badge, and most importantly, make off with his prized dentures. But the pieces never quite add up to revenge, and the few clues he has keep connecting to a dimwitted hooker, and her ex-con boyfriend and the bizarre murder of a Hare Krishna pimp.
Chronically depressed, constantly strapped for money, always willing to bend the rules a bit, Hoke Moseley is hardly what you think of as the perfect cop, but he is one of the the greatest detective creations of all time.
Chronically depressed, constantly strapped for money, always willing to bend the rules a bit, Hoke Moseley is hardly what you think of as the perfect cop, but he is one of the the greatest detective creations of all time.
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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,
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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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