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Lansdale Joe R. - Things Get Ugly: The Best Crime Fiction Of Joe R. Lansdale - Paperback
Lansdale Joe R. - Things Get Ugly: The Best Crime Fiction Of Joe R. Lansdale - Paperback
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Description: Edgar Award winner and bestselling author Joe R. Lansdale (the Hap and Leonard series) one of America's most essential crime writers heads back to the dangerous woods of East Texas. In his first crime career - retrospective including previously uncollected work Lansdale shows exactly why critics continue to compare him to Elmore Leonard Donald Westlake Flannery O Connor and William Faulkner. In the 1950s a young small - town projectionist mixes it up with a violent gang. When Mr. Bear is not alerting us to the dangers of forest fires he lives a life of debauchery and murder. A brother and sister travel to Oklahoma to recover the dead body of their uncle. A lonely man engages in dubious acts while pining for his rubber duckie. In this collection of nineteen unforgettable crime tales Joe R. Lansdale brings his legendary mojo and gritty dark humor to harrowing heists revenge homicide and mayhem. No matter how they begin things are bound to get ugly - and fast.
Title: Things Get Ugly: The Best Crime Fiction Of Joe R. Lansdale
Author(s): Lansdale Joe R.
Publisher: Tachyon Publications
Barcode: 9781616963965
Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 8/15/2023
Category: Crime & Mystery
Description: Edgar Award winner and bestselling author Joe R. Lansdale (the Hap and Leonard series) one of America's most essential crime writers heads back to the dangerous woods of East Texas. In his first crime career - retrospective including previously uncollected work Lansdale shows exactly why critics continue to compare him to Elmore Leonard Donald Westlake Flannery O Connor and William Faulkner. In the 1950s a young small - town projectionist mixes it up with a violent gang. When Mr. Bear is not alerting us to the dangers of forest fires he lives a life of debauchery and murder. A brother and sister travel to Oklahoma to recover the dead body of their uncle. A lonely man engages in dubious acts while pining for his rubber duckie. In this collection of nineteen unforgettable crime tales Joe R. Lansdale brings his legendary mojo and gritty dark humor to harrowing heists revenge homicide and mayhem. No matter how they begin things are bound to get ugly - and fast.
Title: Things Get Ugly: The Best Crime Fiction Of Joe R. Lansdale
Author(s): Lansdale Joe R.
Publisher: Tachyon Publications
Barcode: 9781616963965
Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 8/15/2023
Category: Crime & Mystery
