{"product_id":"9781616963941-the-legend-of-charlie-fish","title":"Rountree Josh - The Legend Of Charlie Fish - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: Odd creepy funny The Black Lagoon meets the Six Gun universe. High up on the way - cool factor. You need this. - Joe R. Lansdale Edgar Award - winning author of the Hap and Leonard series As an unlikely found - family flees toward Galveston a psychic young girl bonds with Charlie Fish an enigmatic gill - man. Meanwhile they are pursued by bounty hunters determined to profit from the spectacle of Charlie. But the Great Storm - the worst natural disaster in U. S. history - is on its way. Josh Rountree's strikingly original debut novel ranges effortlessly between the Gothic pulp literary Western and comedic. With his vivid imagery evocative storytelling and uncanny wit Rountree enters the fine tradition of Texan storytellers wading into True Grit by way of The Shape of Water. As always Floyd Betts rides into town alone. He arrives for his father's funeral but he is returning to Galveston Texas with two orphaned siblings he has rescued. Nellie who is descended from a long line of witches has visions from other people's minds. Hank her impulsive younger brother just wants to break out his outsized revolver. Along the way home Floyd Nellie and Hank encounter a dubious traveling salesman Professor Finn and his henchman Kentucky Jim. They are struggling to capture a fish - man in order to put him on cruel display. When Nellie taps into the peril of the gentle Charlie Fish Floyd's makeshift family expands to include the lost two - legged amphibian. With the circus charlatans in pursuit ominous winds are picking up from an impending hurricane. Meanwhile all Charlie Fish wants is to return to his home at sea.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: The Legend Of Charlie Fish\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Rountree Josh\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Tachyon Publications\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781616963941\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 192 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 7\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Fantasy","brand":"Rountree Josh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49621883552049,"sku":"IN-G-9781616963941","price":15.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781616963941.jpg?v=1724698839","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781616963941-the-legend-of-charlie-fish","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}