Charles Willeford: The Woman Chaser (USA 2022)

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In post-World War II Los Angeles, a disillusioned used car salesman seeks revenge after his attempt to make the great American film fails miserably. Richard Hudson, woman chaser and used car salesman, has a pimp's awareness of the ways women (and men) are most vulnerable. One day Richard decides to make an ambitious film, which turns into a fiasco. Enraged, he exacts revenge on all who have crossed him.

Charles Willeford: The Woman Chaser. The Overlook Press, ISBN: 9781468306927 (March, 2022), 0.67 MB (ca. 170 p.), $11.99.

Charles Willeford: The Woman Chaser (UK 2014)

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'No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford' Elmore Leonard
By day, Richard Hudson, woman-chaser and used-car salesman, works his crooked car lot with much success. By night, he returns home to a family of misfits. One day, seized by a feeling of terror and revulsion, he realises he's wasting his life in the meaningless pursuit of money. His only hope, he decides, is to pursue his dream of making a movie.

Richard completes his cherished project, but forces beyond his control swiftly reject and destroy it. As a result, enraged and humiliated, he goes on a bender of epic proportions, drinking his way through the underbelly of Los Angeles and exacting a monstrous revenge on all who have crossed him.

Charles Willeford: The Woman Chaser. With a Foreword by Lawrence Block. The Murder Room, ISBN: 9781471914362 (August, 2014), 864 KB (ca. 192 p.), £1.99.

Charles Willeford: The Woman Chaser (USA 2008)

From the Publisher:
Richard Hudson, woman chaser and used car salesman, has a pimp's awareness of the ways women (and men) are most vulnerable. One day Richard decides to make an ambitious film, which turns into a fiasco. Enraged, he exacts revenge on all who have crossed him.

Charles Willeford: The Woman Chaser. Black Mask Books, ISBN: 9781596544666 (April, 2008), 155 p., $15.95.

Charles Willeford: The Woman Chaser (UK 2001)

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Richard Hudson is a used-car salesman with a pimp's understanding of the ways in which women (and men) are most vulnerable. He sees himself as a walking allegory, the confidence man as work of art.

Hudson lives with his beautiful mother, her blacklisted movie-director husband (twenty years her junior), and an over-sexed teenage step-sister. He feels driven to make a movie and, when it's cut and shifted to TV he extracts a terrifying revenge.

Charles Willeford: The Woman Chaser. No Exit Press, ISBN: 1842430017 (January, 2001), 192 p., £6.99.

Charles Willeford: The Woman Chaser (UK 1991)

From the Publisher:
Richard Hudson is a used-car salesman with a pimp's understanding of the ways in which women (and men) are most vulnerable. He sees himself as a walking allegory, the confidence man as work of art.

Hudson lives with his beautiful mother, her blacklisted movie-director husband (twenty years her junior), and an over-sexed teenage step-sister. He feels driven to make a movie and, when it's cut and shifted to TV he extracts a terrifying revenge.

From these earthy, psycho-pulp materials, Charles Willeford has fashioned a wild, over-the-edge story of post-war America, Southern California variety.

Charles Willeford: The Woman Chaser. Gollancz Paperback, ISBN: 0575050063 (September, 1991), 192 p., £4.50.

Charles Willeford: The Woman Chaser (USA 1990)

From the Publisher:
Richard Hudson is a used-car salesman with o pimp's understanding of the ways in which women (and men) are most vulnerable. He sees himself as a walking allegory, the confidence man as a work of art.

Hudson lives with his beautiful mother, her blacklisted movie director husband (twenty years her junior) and an over-sexed teenage stepsister. He feels driven to make a movie and when it's rejected he extracts a terrifying revenge.

From these earthy, psycho-pulp materials, Charles Willeford has fashioned a wild, over-the-edge story of post-war America, Southern California variety.

Charles Willeford is the acclaimed author of Miami Blues and Cockfighter.

"Willeford is not to be missed... Easily as good as Jim Thompson or David Goodis." -- Fiction International

Charles Willeford: The Woman Chaser. Carroll & Graf, ISBN: 0881845566 (February, 1990), 192 p., $3.95.

Charles Willeford: The Woman Chaser (USA 1960)

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The chase was furious -- the capture was rapacious -- the prize was luscious!
When Richard Hudson turns from a used car salesman to a movieland producer, his interests swing to this year's model -- sleek, trim lines, an eye-catching front and a well curved rear -- then the chase is on!

Laura slipped the tight sweater over her head. She leaned forward, unfastened her brassiere at the back and removed it. With her head back against the car seat, Laura leaned and dropped her arms listlessly. Her melon shaped breasts loomed clearly in the yellow light from the radio dial. I turned toward her eagerly. "Just one minute, Richard," she said quietly. The sharpness of her voice halted my mouth two inches from hers. My fingers trembled over her breasts. "Before you get started," she said matter of factly, "I'd better explain the rules.- "Yeah," I whispered huskily. "Number one," she recited, "you can kiss me, but not too wet. Two, you can play with me now the way you're doing, but no further. When you're ready, just tell me, and I'll... I'll take care of you."

I would have been less than human if I had turned my eyes away from her creamy, nubile body. Her legs were long and beautifully tapered down to her small, bare feet. Her stomach was narrow with just the suggestion of a bulge at the navel and her hips were just wide and soft enough. Her dark eyes widened in sudden panic and she made a gulping sound in her throat as I grabbed her thin wrist and jerked her down to the bed. I was more than brutal. I was savage. But her animal moans of pleasure showed she loved it!

Charles Willeford: The Woman Chaser. Chicago: Newsstand Library Books, 1960, Pilot Edition - Magenta Books #U137, 192 p., $0.50.