Shark Infested Custard - Softcover

Willeford, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440218810 ISBN 13: 9780440218814

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1996

Synopsis

Four swinging single men--ex-cop Larry Doleman, pilot Eddie Miller, salesman Don Luchessi, and drug company rep Hank Norman--find their lifestyles catching up with them when Hank's quest for a quick date lands him in the shark-infested dark side of a murder. Reprint.

About this title

Review:

"Nobody writes like Charles Willeford. . . . He is an original--funny, weird and wonderful." --James Crumley

"If you are looking for a master's insight into the humid decadence of South Florida . . . nobody does that as well as Mr. Willeford." --The New York Times Book Review

"Willeford has a marvelously deadpan way with losers on both sides of the law." --The Philadelphia Inquirer

About the Author:

Charles Willeford was a highly decorated (Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Luxembourg Croix de Guerre) tank commander with the Third Army in World War II. He was also a professional horse trainer, boxer, radio announcer, and painter. 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. He died in 1988.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0440218810
• ISBN 13: 9780440218814
• Binding: Paperback