Quotes
“No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford.” Elmore Leonard
“Hoke Moseley is a magnificently battered hero. Willeford
brings him to us lean and hard and brand-new.” Donald E. Westlake, Edgar Award–winning author
“[The author has] a master’s insight into the humid
decadence of South Florida and its polyglot tribes. Nobody does that as well as
Mr. Willeford.” New York Times Book Review
“Extraordinarily winning…Pure pleasure…Mr. Willeford
never puts a foot wrong.” New Yorker
“A blend of gripping action and wry, off-beat
humor.” Washington Post
“Willeford has a marvelously deadpan way with losers
on both sides of the law.” Philadelphia Inquirer
“The chapter-by-chapter entertainment is rich,
distinctive, disturbing—with a grimly fanciful view of human nature reminiscent
of Thomas Berger.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Another unrelenting entry in the Hoke Moseley
series. Distinguished by cleverly sustained tension, drolly observant
vignettes of Miami life, and a narrative that moves with unsettling ease
from the routine to the terrifying, Sideswipe develops two
tales of loneliness and frustration that lead to a bloody confrontation
between the two principal characters…Willeford writes with offhand grace, supporting his
saga of sad lives with well-detailed, multilayered characterizations.” Booklist
“Nobody writes like Charles Willeford…He is an
original—funny, weird, and wonderful.” James Crumley, award-winning crime fiction author