Word: willeford
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hard-boiled genre, the most ironic triumph is Charles Willeford's The Way We Die Now (Random House; 245 pages; $15.95), a snake-mean slice of South Florida lowlife that might finally have brought overdue recognition if its author had not died in March of this year. Haitian illegal immigrants and Cuban Marielitos are among the supporting victims and sleaze artists in a multiplot story featuring a ruthless but effective cop whose beat is long- unsolved murders. A.E. Maxwell's equally colorful Just Enough Light to Kill (Doubleday; 254 pages; $16.95) blends Soviet high-tech espionage with striking tableaux...