Joe R. Lansdale is the internationally-bestselling author of over forty novels, including twelve books featuring the popular Hap and Leonard. Many of his cult classics have been adapted for television and film, most famously Bubba Ho-Tep, starring Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. Lansdale has written numerous screenplays and teleplays, including for the iconic Batman the Animated Series. He has won an Edgar Award for The Bottoms, ten Stoker Awards, and has been designated a World Horror Grandmaster. Lansdale, like many of his characters, lives in East Texas.
"Seven laid-back adventures, one of them brand new, for "freelance
troubleshooter" and good old boy Hap Collins and his gay black
Republican partner Leonard Pine. . . . No one currently working the
field demonstrates more convincingly and joyously the deep affinity
between pulp fiction and the American tall tale."
--Kirkus [STAR] "Last seen in the novel Honky Tonk Samurai,
Lansdale's incomparable East Texas crime fighting duo show their
chops in this remarkable story collection. Hap Collins, a straight,
white liberal, and Leonard Pine, a black, gay conservative, have
long challenged genre conventions, and the friendship and
camaraderie between these two hard cases as they suit up against
injustice and hypocrisy is at the heart of these seven tales. In
the novella "Hyenas," the boys help save a client's impressionable
younger brother from the clutches of a group of psychotic robbers.
"Dead Aim" finds the pair taking on the Dixie Mafia after a
seemingly straightforward cheating spouse case gets a tad more
complicated. "Not Our Kind" is set against the backdrop of the late
1960s, when a teenage Hap first befriends Leonard and faces the
racism and intolerance of his peers up close. Readers can also look
forward to the debut of the TV show Hap and Leonard on the Sundance
Channel in March.
--Publishers Weekly, starred review "An essential Hap and Leonard
addition"
--The Novel Pursuit ". . . it's great to have all of these
wonderful stories together in one nifty volume"
--Horror Drive-In "It has all the hard to find short stories
featuring Hap & Leonard, the most enjoyable mismatched pair of
private eyes since Spenser and Hawk."
--Son of Spade "A perfect introduction"
--Booklist "East Texas charm, profane wit, and strong
characterization, with enough snappy dialogue to keep a smile on
your face . . . excellent entertainment, edge-of-your-seat action
one minute, gut-busting humor"
--Adventures in Genre Fiction "This collection is crime/pulp
fiction at its best and most captivating."
--Risingshadow "short, concentrated bursts of everything that makes
the series so good."
--October Country "If you find yourself on the wrong side of Hap
and Leonard, be cautious, because they are quicker than a
rattlesnake, and their bite is just as bad. If you find yourself an
innocent bystander looking for a great book to read, you've come to
the right place."
--Killer Nashville "If you are a fan of the genre and looking for a
new character to get into, Hap and Leonard won't steer you
wrong."
--LitReactor "For those new to either Lansdale or the series, this
latest collection is an excellent introduction to the kind of
trouble these two often find themselves in; all the while
exchanging some of the funniest, lovingly antagonistic, and
memorial dialogue of any crime series."
--Bookgasm "If you haven't read any of the dozen or so Hap and
Leonard novels, start here."
--Lone Star Literary "As Mr. Lansdale might say, 'This was more fun
than rolling down a hill with a bunch of armadillos.'"
--Horror Novel Reviews
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