Title: An outrageously cold character for it's time
Product review: I have read about Charles Willeford for a long time, but this was the first of his books I have actually read. My wife got me a very valuable (and expensive) first edition of this book for me for my birthday. It was originally published in 1960 as a sleeze paperback, and is very difficult to come by today. Not wanting to take a chance on it getting messed up when I read it, I picked up this edition. This edition suffers from some nagging problems, such as no indication of when the book was written, many typos, and a lame cover. You should see the one on the first edition!The book is amazingly well written, and the main character, Richard Hudson, is as blunt and brutal a character as you are likely to find anywhere. The story is told from his perspective, and it leaves you pretty drained by the end. His way of handling an unwanted pregnancy is something that will haunt me for years to come. For fans of of the noir tale, I think you'll like this one.
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