High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale - Hardcover

Lansdale, Joe R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0965590127 ISBN 13: 9780965590129

Publisher: Golden Gryphon Press, 2000

Synopsis

This collection of Lansdale stories represents the best of the 'Lansdale' genre-a strange mixture of dark crime, even darker humour, and adventure tales. The stories are varied in setting and theme, but they are all pure Lansdale-eerie, amusing, and occasionally horrific. In 'The Pit', modern gladiators square off against one another using Roman methods. An alternate-history tale called 'Trains Not Taken' shows Buffalo Bill as an ambassador and Wild Bill Hickok as a clerk. Lansdale's love of large lizards and humour are evident in the stories 'Godzilla's Twelve Step Program' and 'Bob the Dinosaur Goes to Disneyland'.

About this title

Review:

"A terrifically gifted storyteller." -- Washington Post Book World

"Lansdale is an immense talent. His ability to generate sidesplitting laughter and gut-wrenching terror on the same page is unique in modern fiction." -- Booklist

About the Author:

Joe R. Lansdale has received the American Mystery Award, five Bram Stoker Awards from the Horror Writers of America, the International Crime Writer’s award, and a New York Times Notable Book award. He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Golden Gryphon Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0965590127
• ISBN 13: 9780965590129
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 267