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The Shark-Infested Custard - by Charles Willeford (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • From the master of Miami noir comes this tale of four regular guys living in a singles apartment building who experience firsthand that there's more than one type of heat in Miami.
  • 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.
  • 272 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Mystery & Detective

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Book Synopsis



From the master of Miami noir comes this tale of four regular guys living in a singles apartment building who experience firsthand that there's more than one type of heat in Miami.

Larry Dolman is a rather literal minded ex-cop who now works private security. Eddie Miller is an airline pilot who's studying to get his real estate license. Don Luchessi is a silver salesman who's separated from his wife but too Catholic to get a divorce. Hank Norton is a drug company rep who gets four times as many dames as any of the other guys. They are all regular guys who like to drink, play cards, meet broads, and shoot a little pool. But when a friendly bet goes horribly awry, they find themselves with two dead bodies on their hands and a homicidal husband in the wings--and acting more like hardened criminals than upstanding citizens.



Review Quotes




"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.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.14 Inches (H) x 5.28 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)
Weight: .45 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 272
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Mystery & Detective
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Theme: Hard-Boiled
Format: Paperback
Author: Charles Willeford
Language: English
Street Date: December 6, 2005
TCIN: 91815741
UPC: 9781400032518
Item Number (DPCI): 247-45-0435
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.6 inches length x 5.28 inches width x 8.14 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.45 pounds
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