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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thank you, Dennis McMillan,
By Richard B. Schwartz (Columbia, Missouri USA) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
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This review is from: Deliver Me from Dallas (Hardcover)
Once again, we are all in debt to Dennis McMillan for reprinting this Charles Willeford gem. Jesse Sublett discusses the Gold Medal original and the recovered manuscript and speculates on the parts written by Willeford vs. the parts written by his co-author. The overall feel is pure Willeford and many of the chapters are unmistakably his. This is a delicious piece of pulp fiction, beautifully conceived and beautifully plotted. The ending is very satisfying, though a bit unexpected. They don't write 'em like this any more because they can't. We're all overdue for a Willeford revival of the sort Jim Thompson experienced a few years back. This guy can do it all, from the pulpiest confection such as this to a masterful art novel/sendup like THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY. And his two-volume autobiography? Unforgettable. If you don't know Willeford you've got a huge treat in store. Enjoy. Kick back, find yourself a nice comfy chair in a decorous surrounding, hold up your trade paperback copy of KISS YOUR ASS GOODBYE and watch the civilians gawk.
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Deliver Me from Dallas by Charles Ray Willeford (Hardcover - July 2001)
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