Princess Naughty and the Voodoo Cadillac [Hardcover]

Fred Willard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 28, 2001

Hip in style and naughty in tone, the second eccentric crime novel from Atlanta author Fred Willard is populated with just as many zany characters as his successful debut, Down on Ponce.

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About the Author

Fred Willard is also the author of the widely acclaimed novel Down on Ponce. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 328 pages
• Publisher: Longstreet Press; First edition. edition (October 28, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563526220
• ISBN-13: 978-1563526220
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,182,569 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The underbelly of Atlanta comes alive!, October 22, 2000

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Jill P (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Princess Naughty and the Voodoo Cadillac (Hardcover)

As with Down on Ponce, Fred Willard takes us on a journey through volatile terrain -- the underbelly of Atlanta, those seedy sidewalks, infested flop houses and lunatics dens of what might otherwise be considered a forward thinking city. And he does it with smart biting humor.

What we have here is a group of criminals and would-be master minds embroiled in a game of one-upmanship that culminates in a slam bang surprising effect. Even Willard's supporting characters create havoc in this ever escalating mayhem and madness. But at the heart of Princess Naughty is a love story that makes you happy to be alive.

If you want a fun, fast, wild ride of a novel, BUY THIS BOOK.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Naughty is Nice, October 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Princess Naughty and the Voodoo Cadillac (Hardcover)

If you have read Willard's first book, DOWN ON PONCE, the first coupla chaps might throw you -- this is a bigger, broader book, third person, with more "scope." At first, that can make it seem less intimate. But just go with it for more than 2 chaps (and these are SHORT chaps) and you will be sucked right in. Under all the violence and cynicism (on the part of the characters) and BLACK BLACK HILARIOUS BLACK humor, there is JUST the SWEETEST love story going on -- oh yum. Toe-scrunchingly sweet, causing you to have GREAT BIG YEARNINGS for things to work out okay even though you are essentially reading about bad, bad criminals who do bad, bad things. Everything CONNECTS wonderfully in this book. NOTHING is gratuitous. Is a character spending a page prancing around delightfully in a gun-slinger girl outfit? Pay attention. It'll hook up later. BOTTOM LINE: If you can't love a book that can simultaneously reference Island of the Housewives and Antonin Artaud, there is no love in you.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Princess Naughty and the Voodoo Caddilac, September 29, 2000

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Jim Taylor (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Princess Naughty and the Voodoo Cadillac (Hardcover)

Once again, Fred nails it to the page. He combines the authenticity of character of Elmore Leonard, the word craft of Charles Portis with the wild imagination of Christopher Moore. Is it true he's scripting a movie?