A former professional boxer, actor, horse trainer and radio announcer, Charles Willeford (1919-1988) is best known for his Miami-based crime novels featuring hard-boiled detective Hoke Moseley, including "Miami Blues" and "Sideswipe." His career as a writer began in the late 1940s, but it was his 1972 novel "Cockfighter" that announced his name to a wider audience. Of that book, Harry Crews said, "Charles Willeford renders the sport with such knowledge and attention to detail that... I had the almost inexpressible ...
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A former professional boxer, actor, horse trainer and radio announcer, Charles Willeford (1919-1988) is best known for his Miami-based crime novels featuring hard-boiled detective Hoke Moseley, including "Miami Blues" and "Sideswipe." His career as a writer began in the late 1940s, but it was his 1972 novel "Cockfighter" that announced his name to a wider audience. Of that book, Harry Crews said, "Charles Willeford renders the sport with such knowledge and attention to detail that... I had the almost inexpressible impression of being on my knees again beside the great fighting pits of the southern circuit." Considered to be Willeford's masterpiece, "Cockfighter" is a brutal and beautiful fiction of the American South, loosely modeled, according to the author, on Homer's "Odyssey." Frank Mansfield is the titular cockfighter: a silent and fiercely contrary man whose obsession with winning will cost him almost everything. Mansfield haunts the cockpits, bars and roads of the rural South in the early 1960s, adrift but always capable of nearly anything. First published in complete form in 1972, and adapted by Willeford for a Monte Hellman film in 1974 (which became infamous for its use of real animals in the fight scenes), the novel "Cockfighter" has been out of print for nearly 20 years. "Cockfighter" is issued here with an introduction by Jesse Pearson and is the second volume in PictureBox's ongoing Charles Willeford reissue series.
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Add this copy of Cockfighter to cart. $30.44, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Vintage Books USA.
Add this copy of Cockfighter to cart. $55.95, good condition, Sold by Days of Old Books and More rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wadesville, IN, UNITED STATES, published 1962 by Chicago Paperback House (B-120).
Add this copy of Cockfighter to cart. $57.00, very good condition, Sold by King Crab Books LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Saint Paul, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Vintage.
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NF. 222 p. 1991 trade paperback edition from Vintage. NEAR FINE. Basis for the film of the same name with Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton and...Charles Willeford!
Add this copy of Cockfighter to cart. $57.00, very good condition, Sold by King Crab Books LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Saint Paul, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Avon.
Add this copy of Cockfighter to cart. $72.00, very good condition, Sold by King Crab Books LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Saint Paul, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Avon.
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VG+/NF. 255 p. MOVIE TIE-IN, 1st paperback edition of the revised text from Avon, 1974. VERY GOOD PLUS/NEAR FINE, One of the BEST copies we've ever seen, very light wear and slight spine concavity. GREAT READ!
Add this copy of Cockfighter to cart. $80.00, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published by Crown Publishers.
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Good. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. First edition THUS. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Interior pages with text without any extraneous marks. New mylar added to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Add this copy of Cockfighter to cart. $82.00, like new condition, Sold by Brenner's Collectable Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Manasquan, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Vintage Crime.
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Fine. 8vo., 220pp. Beautiful Unread Uncorrected Proof of this Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps a touch at the tip but quite minor. A very pretty collectable copy and quite uncommon.
Add this copy of Cockfighter to cart. $82.00, very good condition, Sold by King Crab Books LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Saint Paul, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1962 by Chicago Paperback House.
Add this copy of Cockfighter to cart. $82.00, good condition, Sold by King Crab Books LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Saint Paul, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1972 by Crown.
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247 p. 1st edition hardcover from Crown, 1972. An ex-library copy. Basis for the film of the same name which Willeford wrote the script for, and acted in.
