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Fred Willard
Fred Willard
Down on PonceDown on Ponce Newpbk 29 Oct 98
Email: fwillard@mindspring.com
WebPage: http://www.mindspring.com/~fwillard
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New British Pbk Original - No Exit Press (1998)
Down on Ponce
See Review by Andrew Taylor
Shortlisted for 1998 CWA John Creasey Award Best First Novel
When a man offers retired marijuana smuggler Sam Fuller $30,000 to kill his wife, it is time to take the money, tell the wife, and go into hiding on Atlanta's Ponce de Leon Avenue. Called Ponce by locals, it is a haven for the homeless, the lawless and the restless. Fuller accidentally gets involved in the disintegrating operation of a Dixie mob boss, Billy "Dong" Chandler. He knows that Chandler must have an enormous cache of money hidden somewhere, and he wants to do the right thing - steal it.
He assembles a crew of hopeless characters: a rockabilly ex-con, an escapee from a federal mental hospital and two disabled street people: one can't walk, the other (missing half his face) can't speak. But they have one common goal: to find the money and use it to change their lives.
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'What a relief! Fred Willard's Down on Pence is a mighty fine tonic for all the soft-boiled weak-ass namby-pamby cafe-latte crime novels that have been weighing down my bookshelves lately. More fun than a screwdriver in the eye socket' Walter Sorells
'A dazzling debut novel, a rollercoaster ride through an underworld filled with wonderfully skewed characters, as dangerous as they are perverse, whiplash dialogue that will have you laughing out loud, and more twists than a hangman's noose. Willard's hard-boiled, hilarious and harrowing page turner deserves a standing ovation' William Diehl
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N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.

  • Down on Ponce (No Exit Press Pbk, 1998) New Pbk Oct 98 (Sam Fuller)

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