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.
- ISBN10 1471914593
- ISBN13 9781471914591
- Publish Date 31 December 2020 (first published 31 December 2002)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The Murder Room
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 608
- Language English