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"New Forms of Ugly" by Charles Willeford. Miami Beach: Dennis McMillan, 1987. First Edition. Jacket Art "The Scream" by Edvard Munch

This is a nonfiction title from the renowned crime writer, a revised version of his Master’s thesis in which he discusses the rise of the immobilized hero in modern fiction. Willeford traces its popularity from Dostoevsky’s “Underground Man” to the bestselling novels of Beckett, Bellow, Kafka, Camus, and many others. Charles Willeford is the author of fourteen novels, including “Miami Blues” and the Sgt. Hoke Moseley series.

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