A review by nickdleblanc
The Way We Die Now by Charles Willeford

5.0

CW doesn't strictly write crime fiction. It's all disgusting descriptions of food and people, repressed feelings of sexuality and desire, and digressions into the heavy personality of Miami and backwoods Florida. This is a fully formed world that is somehow realer than real. I was genuinely disturbed by the trailer park scene and the incident at the farm took me completely by surprise. His prose is great, spare but evocative. The characters are complex and full of warts. I really can't say enough good about this series. This book in particular would make for a wonderful film adaptation. This is the type of series that begs for future re-reads.