""Orange Pulp" is a stylish, engaging collection that belongs on
everybody's night stand. Each story sizzles and pops with Florida's
raunchy, intoxicating heat. This is great fun."--Carl Hiaasen
"Ah, Florida's growing cash crop--scumbags in paradise. With
"Orange Pulp," Glassman and O'Sullivan again make the case that the
Sunshine State need not look to L.A., or even past the azaleas, for
the next noir fix. The 'lost' Willeford piece alone is worth the
price of admission."--Tim Dorsey, author of "Florida Roadkill" and
"Hammerhead Ranch Motel"
"It's about time someone gathered a full collection of the writing
about the dark side of the Sunshine State."-- George H. Meyer,
author of "Kill the Landlord"
"This collection brings together for the first time a good
sample of the many stories that have made Florida such a natural,
popular setting for mysteries. The editors have made available
rather inaccessible stories and novels that will entertain mystery
lovers for quite a while."-- Kevin McCarthy, University of
Florida
"Orange Pulp" is an anthology of crime, of heroes and villains,
and it celebrates the murder mystery. The writers--creators of the
genre sometimes called "American noir"--including John D. MacDonald
and Charles Willeford, helped Florida become a serious contender
for the title of crime fiction capital of America.
Even the most devoted aficionados of the genre have rarely
encountered the kind of nonstop action concocted by the reclusive
founder of the American hard-boiled mystery, Carroll John Daly; the
comic elegance of Jonathan Latimer; or the eclectic world of Mike
Shayne in Brett Halliday's classic series.
"Orange Pulp" also includes Mary Roberts Rinehart's only Florida
story, Edwin Granberry's brilliantly realized account of an
execution, and a tribute to the ecological concerns of John D.
MacDonald, whose work transformed the Florida pulps into a true
art.
The editors begin with a comprehensive survey of Florida crime
fiction and provide generous introductions to each individual
author. The book includes two special bonuses: the complete text of
"The Hated One" by Don Tracy, a riveting novel of murder, race, and
culture that has been out of print for decades, and the opening to
an unfinished work by Charles Willeford, creator of the classic
Hoke Moseley novels such as "Miami Blues" and "Sideswipe."
With work by legendary pioneers from the golden age of pulp
fiction, this collection reveals a rich and popular--though often
overlooked--tradition of mystery writing in the Sunshine State.
Contributors
Carroll John Daly
Edwin Granberry
Jonathan Latimer
Brett Halliday
Mary Roberts Rinehart
John D. MacDonald
Stephen Ransome
Charles Willeford
Don Tracy
Maurice O'Sullivan is Kenneth Curry Chair of Literature and
chair of the English Department and Humanities Division at Rollins
College, Winter Park, Florida. He is the coeditor of "The Florida
Reader" and (with Steve Glassman) of "Crime Fiction and Film in the
Sunshine State" (an Edgar finalist in 1998).
Steve Glassman is associate professor in the Department of the
Humanities at Embry-Riddle University, Daytona Beach, Florida. He
is author of the novel "Blood on the Moon," coeditor of "Zora in
Florida" (UPF, 1991), and (with Maurice O'Sullivan) coeditor of
"Crime Fiction and Film in the Sunshine State."
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