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Summary: One look at the back cover and I new I was in trouble!
Review: Upon recieving this book, I checked out the comments and one said:"Fred Willard writes good" To use such poor grammer in "recommendations" to read the book, you have to wonder if the publisher just couldn't find enough people who thought the book had any sort of redeeming value, whatsoever. This story could have taken place anywhere; I didn't really get a feel that this took place in Atlanta. The story felt like it took place in some sort of non-decript wasteland of vagrants and
social inept thieves.
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Summary: Willard brings Atlanta into the Big Time for real
Review: While some in Atlanta thought that a World Series championship or hosting the Olympics was what it took for the city to make it into the big time, a few of us knew the truth: As Parker did for Boston and Burke did for New Orleans, a writer must arise who could give the city its Spenser or Streak. Fred Willard has given Sam Fuller to Atlanta, and this southern city is in the big time at last. I have no idea whether Mr. Willard intends a series of Fuller stories, but I truly hope he continues writing set in and around Atlanta. Those who have lived in Atlanta will feel themselves walking around it as they read this great story. Indeed, Willard will take them where they may not have dared go in their flesh. His evocation of Ponce (forget your high school Spanish and say it "Pahnce", with no stressed syllable) brings not only the sights and sounds but the smells and tastes of this gritty part of the city to life as no-one else has ever dared. Willard's characters are as true to their locale as his scene-setting narrative is. These are people you probably wouldn't take home, but you might have sat at a bar with, watching poetry-spouting, beer can-crushing strippers at work. Wild, weird and warped, "Down on Ponce" is a story that arises naturally from its setting, from exploding houseboats to the mansions of Atlanta to tortilla joints on Ponce. The reader would suspect that Fred Willard had drug himself through these scenes one too many times had he not survived to write about it this way, proving himself the master of Cracker Noir.
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Summary: Noir and Hilarious! Couldn't put it down.
Review: Willard has invented a new genre. His believable characters are funny, and the magnificent plot takes off right from the get-go. Willard's writing is tight and paced - not a word wasted. We're looking forward to the next, and the next...
Rating:
Summary: Noir and Hilarious! Couldn't put it down.
Review: Willard has invented a new genre. His believable characters are funny, and the magnificent plot takes off right from the get-go. Willard's writing is tight and paced - not a word wasted. We're looking forward to the next, and the next...
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