Closer to Willeford

I see Pulp Fiction as closer to modern-day crime fiction, a little closer to Charles Willeford.

Quentin Tarantino

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2000/05/the-unlikely-father-of-miami-crime-fiction/305143/

Tell the Truth

Just tell the truth and they'll accuse you of writing black humour.

Charles Willeford

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Gold Medal books

Willeford as Franklin Sanders

 https://www.criminalelement.com/lost-classics-of-noir-by-w-franklin-sanders-and-or-charles-willeford-1961-brian-greene/

A Good Thing

      Smoking comforts ordinary men, but i'm not an ordinary man. There aren't many like me left. And it's a good thing for the world that there aren't.

Charles Willeford

Sideswipe

1987

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Machine in Ward Eleven

Long Ride Home

 
          I gave the conductor my fare and went inside where it was warmer. Usually, i sat in the outside section where i could smoke, but i was cold that night, my entire body was chilled.
         On the long ride home i decided it was best to steer clear of a woman like Helen.

Charles Willeford
Pick Up
1954

Standing in Another Man's Grave #3

The Kill Off

The Set Up

In the Electric Mist

Detour

Mikey and Nicky

The Woman Chaser

Croupier

Rififi

The Underneath

Plunder Road

Angel Heart

The Killing

Memento

Black Book (Reign of Terror)

Dark City

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Mosaic Noir #96

Get Carter

He Walked By Night

Ghost Writer

Narrow Margin

 Best Laid Plans

Woman Chaser

Bound

Killers Kiss

The Grifters

Night Train

Donnie Brasco

Lady from Shanghai

Sweet Smell of Success

Memento

On the Waterfront

Cities Make, Destroy, Infect #20

 The Killing

Color of Money

 Klute

Smalltown Crime

Second Track

Light Sleeper

Third Man

A Most Violent Year

Best Laid Plans

Lady from Shanghai

Piazza Fontana - The Italian Conspiracy

The Woman Chaser

Rear Window

Rififi

Blood Simple

Detour

Plein Soleil