Cockfighter (First Edition)
- New York: Crown Publishers, 1972
New York: Crown Publishers, 1972. First Edition. First Edition in hardcover, preceded by the paperback First Edition published by Chicago Paperback House ten years prior.
The beginning of Charles Willeford's second phase, turning away from bizarre crime fiction to focus on the hard-as-nails world of the cockfighting circuit. Basis for the 1972 Monte Hellman film "Born to Kill," for which Willeford wrote the screenplay and took an acting turn as a cockfighting judge, and starring Warren Oates in a little-known but brilliant performance as a worn-out champion cockfighter.
Fine in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket.
The beginning of Charles Willeford's second phase, turning away from bizarre crime fiction to focus on the hard-as-nails world of the cockfighting circuit. Basis for the 1972 Monte Hellman film "Born to Kill," for which Willeford wrote the screenplay and took an acting turn as a cockfighting judge, and starring Warren Oates in a little-known but brilliant performance as a worn-out champion cockfighter.
Fine in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket.