wyszukanych pozycji: 16
I Was Looking for a Street
ISBN: 9781409152514 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 'No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford' Elmore Leonard
'No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford' Elmore Leonard
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60,01 zł |
Filmriss
ISBN: 9783946582175 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2023 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. beyond Crime Fiction, Pulp & NoirRichard Hudson, ein begnadeter Gebrauchtwagenverkäufer, kennt die Schwachstellen der Männer und Frauen wie ein Zuhälter. Seine Anpreisungen rechtfertigt er mit einer höchst perversen Logik, bis auch er erkennt, dass er sein Leben mit der sinnlosen Jagd nach Geld vergeudet. Er muss sich an etwas Kreativem versuchen - einem ehrgeizigen und risikoreichen Filmprojekt. Doch Kräfte, die sich seiner Kontrolle entziehen, machen ihm einen Strich durch die Rechnung. Der wütende und gedemütigte Gebrauchtwagenverkäufer trinkt sich daraufhin durch die Unterwelt von...
beyond Crime Fiction, Pulp & NoirRichard Hudson, ein begnadeter Gebrauchtwagenverkäufer, kennt die Schwachstellen der Männer und Frauen wie ein ZuhÃ...
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67,57 zł |
Hoke Moseley Omnibus: Miami Blues, New Hope for the Dead, Sideswipe, The Way We Die Now
ISBN: 9781409160625 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 880 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. 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,...
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 tu...
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101,36 zł |
The Burnt Orange Heresy: NOW A MAJOR FILM
ISBN: 9781409196785 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. A fast-paced, twisty thriller about an art heist that spins out of control with murderous results... Soon to be a major film. 'No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford' Elmore Leonard Art critic James Figueras is a psychotic, an amoral unrepentant killer. Out to make a lasting name for himself, he seeks out the greatest painter in the world, now a hermit in the Florida swamplands. Figueras is after more than the man, however - he wants the work, and something more ... something more horrible than can be imagined. Crossing the art world with the underworld, THE...
A fast-paced, twisty thriller about an art heist that spins out of control with murderous results... Soon to be a major film. 'No one writes a bet...
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50,63 zł |
High Priest of California
ISBN: 9781604444810 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. High Priest of California is a the first published novel by Charles Ray Willeford III (January 2, 1919 - March 27, 1988). Willeford was an American writer. An author of fiction, poetry, autobiography, and literary criticism. In his novels] Willeford created a world in which the predatory cannibalism of American capitalism provides the model for all human relations, in which the American success ethic mercilessly casts aside all who are unable or unwilling to compete, and in which the innate human appreciation of artistic beauty is cruelly distorted by the exigencies of mass culture....
High Priest of California is a the first published novel by Charles Ray Willeford III (January 2, 1919 - March 27, 1988). Willeford was an American wr...
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57,38 zł |
Neue Hoffnung für die Toten : Der zweite Hoke-Moseley-Fall
ISBN: 9783895813764 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2015 / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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76,13 zł |
Miami Blues : Der erste Hoke-Moseley-Fall. Thriller
ISBN: 9783895813511 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2015 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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76,13 zł |
The Second Half of the Double Feature
ISBN: 9781930997295 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this new collection of short stories, vignettes and autobiographical sketches-many previously unpublished-Charles Willeford, author of Miami Blues and The Burnt Orange Heresy creates a mosaic of the absurdities of life in the 20th century. From a malicious grandmother to prophetic depictions of the power of reality television, with his wry humor and sudden shifts to violence, he seduces, amuses and repeatedly surprises you. "No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford" -Elmore Leonard
In this new collection of short stories, vignettes and autobiographical sketches-many previously unpublished-Charles Willeford, author of Miami Blues ...
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103,53 zł |
The Woman Chaser
ISBN: 9781568582092 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Richard Hudson, woman chaser and used car salesman, possesses a pimp's understanding of the ways in which women (and men) are most vulnerable. One day Richard decides to make an ambitious film, which turns into a fiasco. Enraged, he exacts revenge on all who have crossed him. "No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford." -- Elmore Leonard
Richard Hudson, woman chaser and used car salesman, possesses a pimp's understanding of the ways in which women (and men) are most vulnerable. One day...
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109,22 zł |
Wild Wives
ISBN: 9781400032471 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Jake Blake is a private detective short on cash when he meets a rich and beautiful young woman looking to escape her father s smothering influence. Unfortunately for Jake, the smothering influence includes two thugs hired to protect her and the woman is in fact not the daughter of the man she wants to escape, but his wife. Now Jake has two angry thugs and one jealous husband on his case. As Jake becomes more deeply involved with this glamorous and possibly crazy woman, he becomes entangled in a web of deceit, intrigue and multiple murders. Brilliant, sardonic, and full of surprises, Wild...
Jake Blake is a private detective short on cash when he meets a rich and beautiful young woman looking to escape her father s smothering influence. Un...
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78,06 zł |
New Hope for the Dead
ISBN: 9781400032495 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Miami homicide detective Hoke Moseley is called to a posh Miami neighborhood to investigate a lethal overdose. There he meets the alluring stepmother of the decedant, and begins to wonder about dating a witness. Meanwile, he has been threatened with suspension by his ambitious new chief unless he leaves his beloved, if squalid, suite at the El Dorado Hotel, and moves downtown. With free housing hard to come by, Hoke is desperate to find a new place to live. His difficulties are only amplified by an assignment to re-investigate fifty unsolved murders, the unexpected arrival of his two teenage...
Miami homicide detective Hoke Moseley is called to a posh Miami neighborhood to investigate a lethal overdose. There he meets the alluring stepmother ...
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73,72 zł |
The Shark-Infested Custard
ISBN: 9781400032518 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 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...
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 t...
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78,06 zł |
Miami Blues
ISBN: 9781400032464 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. After a brutal day investigating a quadruple homicide, Detective Hoke Moseley settles into his room at the un-illustrious El Dorado Hotel and nurses a glass of brandy. With his guard down, he doesn't think twice when he hears a knock on the door. The next day, he finds himself in the hospital, badly bruised and with his jaw wired shut. He thinks back over ten years of cases wondering who would want to beat him into unconsciousness, steal his gun and badge, and most importantly, make off with his prized dentures. But the pieces never quite add up to revenge, and the few clues he has keep...
After a brutal day investigating a quadruple homicide, Detective Hoke Moseley settles into his room at the un-illustrious El Dorado Hotel and nurses a...
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73,72 zł |
Sideswipe: A Hoke Moseley Detective Thriller
ISBN: 9781400032488 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Hoke Moseley has had enough. Tired of struggling against alimony payments, two teenage daughters, a very pregnant, very single partner, and a low paying job as a Miami homicide detective, Hoke moves to Singer Island and vows never step foot on the mainland again. But on the street, career criminal Troy Louden is hatching plans of his own with a gang including a disfigured hooker, a talentless artist, and a clueless retiree. But when his simple robbery results in ruthless and indiscriminate bloodshed, Hoke quickly remembers why he is a cop and hurls himself back into the world he meant to...
Hoke Moseley has had enough. Tired of struggling against alimony payments, two teenage daughters, a very pregnant, very single partner, and a low payi...
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78,06 zł |
The Black Mass of Brother Springer
ISBN: 9781930997356 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford" Elmore Leonard THE BLACK MASS OF BROTHER SPRINGER tells the story of Sam Springer, a drifter novelist who meets Jack Dover, the retiring Abbot of the Church of God's Flock. Dover's final official act is to ordain Springer and send him off to serve as pastor of an all-Black church in Jacksonville, Florida. Springer soon becomes entangled in the city's growing civil rights movement . . . and with the church deacon's earthy young wife, Merita. The Washington post calls this darkly humorous novel by Charles Willeford, one of the great...
"No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford" Elmore Leonard THE BLACK MASS OF BROTHER SPRINGER tells the story of Sam Springer, a drift...
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103,53 zł |
The Way We Die Now
ISBN: 9781400032501 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. When Miami Homicide Detective Hoke Moseley receives an unexplained order to let his beard grow, he doesn't think much about it. He has too much going on at home, especially with a man he helped convict ten years before moving in across the street. Hoke immediately assumes the worst, and considering he has his former partner, who happens to be nursing a newborn, and his two teenage daughters living with him, he doesn't like the situation on bit. It doesn't help matters when he is suddenly assigned to work undercover, miles away, outside of his jurisdiction and without his badge, his gun, or...
When Miami Homicide Detective Hoke Moseley receives an unexplained order to let his beard grow, he doesn't think much about it. He has too much going ...
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73,72 zł |