--Publishers Weekly "The best book on the mystery racks these days [is] Charles Willeford's Miami Blues." Title: Miami Blues Format: Paperback Product dimensions: 208 pages, 8 X 5.18 X 0.46 in Shipping dimensions: 208 pages, 8 X 5.18 X 0.46 in Published: 10 août 2004 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Language: English An illustration of an open book. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. With Fred Ward, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Cecilia Pérez-Cervera. He died in 1988. Video. He was also a professional horse trainer, boxer, radio announcer, and painter. Miami Blue Bock Launch Party – March 24, 2017. An ex-con's first act of freedom is moving to Miami where he restarts his old criminal ways with even more potency. Willeford, the author of twenty novels, created the series featuring Miami detective Hoke Moseley, which includes Miami Blues, New Hope for the Dead, Sideswipe, and The Way We Die Now. Miami Blues is a 1990 American black comedy crime film directed by George Armitage, based on the novel of the same name by Charles Willeford. The next day, he finds himself in … --Donald Justice "Terse, scary, and evocative, Miami Blues is a thriller with cold blood. Read 282 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. We’re bringing a Pop-up Museum to this event, so come prepared to get hands-on with butterfly-themed activities! A former professional boxer, actor, horse trainer and radio announcer, Charles Willeford is best known for his Miami-based crime novels featuring hard-boiled detective Hoke Moseley, including Miami Blues … [Charles Ray Willeford] -- Freddy 'Junior' Frenger, psycho fresh out of San Quentin, flies into Miami with a pocketful of stolen credit cards and disappears leaving behind the corpse of a Hare Krishna. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. If Miami Blues was Willeford's breakthrough novel, the fourth Moseley book, The Way We Die Now, took his success to a new level. He was also a professional horse trainer, boxer, radio announcer, and painter. Miami Blue Bock, a medium-bodied, malty, golden lager, debuted at a special launch party from 5 to 8 p.m. on March 24 at First Magnitude Brewing Co., 1220 SE Veitch St., Gainesville. Miami Blues is a wonderful novel: off-the-wall, fun, off-target with a clean, sublime prose style. Store Description. This is probably as close to the real now Miami as any thriller is likely to come.” --Donald Justice “Terse, scary, and evocative, Miami Blues is a thriller with cold blood. Books. An early scene in ''Miami Blues'' finds three characters sharing a hearty dinner: Susie Waggoner (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a good-hearted and very newly retired prostitute who just loves to … Miami Blues (1990) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. An illustration of an audio speaker. About Miami Blues 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. This is probably as close to the real now Miami as any thriller is likely to come." The movie wants to be an off-center comedy, a lopsided cops-and-robbers movie where everybody has a few screws loose. Audio. Author(s): Charles Willeford ... 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Miami Blues Addeddate 2018-06-22 23:42:25 Identifier MiamiBlues Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.3 Source . AbeBooks.com: Miami Blues: First edition. Book Author Chick Bernhardt Stunts Craig McKay Editor Don Ivey Set Designer Don Reddy Camera Operator Edward Saxon Krishna Ravindra, Executive Producer Eugenie Bafaloukos Costume Designer Fred Ward Sgt. Mail order operation conducted at home. Miami Blues is a heck of a good novel; it's the first in the Hoke Moseley series and probably the worst, though it is still five stars all the way. [Charles Ray Willeford] Home. Miami blues. The first line alone is the perfect hook to keep reading. With his guard down, he doesn’t think twice when he hears a knock on the door. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Miami Blues Critics Consensus. I started reading this book with an expectation of an entertaining story. . Miami Blues book. . . In his ecstatic review of Fargo back in 1996, Roger Ebert called the Coen Brothers film "the kind of movie that makes us hug ourselves with the way it pulls off one improbable scene after another." Snap up Miami Blues.” 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. The next day, he finds himself in … . --The New York Times Book Review "A Graham Greene-like entertainment, but tougher and funnier, softened by neither simile nor sentiment. The first Hoke Moseley novel. When it comes to technical excellence, Brett Miller, Vice President of Fredericksburg, VA-based I.C.E. 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. Bumped corners, else fine. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Snap up Miami Blues." They're looking for the right tone in "Miami Blues," and they don't find it very often, but when they do, you can see what they were looking for. Detective Hoke Moseley is quite pathetic (he even has false teeth...), but what I … Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. MIAMI BLUES by Charles Willeford ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 12, 1983 The half-accidental war between a "blithe psychopath" and a decrepit Miami cop—in a nasty crime-comedy that's full of casual violence, outrageous coincidences, and hilariously rude dialogue. It stars Fred Ward (who also served as an executive producer), Alec Baldwin, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Find more information about: ISBN: 0440218837 9780440218838: OCLC Number: 33475376: Notes: Miami Blues. 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. . Directed by George Armitage. 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