9780446401883: The Two-Bear Mambo

Synopsis

Florida Grange, Leonard's gorgeous lawyer and Hap's former lover, has vanished while in pursuit of the real story behind the jailhouse death of a bluesman's son. Hap and Leonard investigate and end up in a part of East Texas that has Klan wannabes, an exhumation in a voodoo graveyard, and murder.

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Review

"Four fisted action.... Like 10-alarm chili, Lansdale is pretty strong stuff."
--"People"
"A folklorist's eye for telling detail and front porch raconteur's sense of pace."
--"The New York Times Book Review"

Lansdale is a storyteller in the Texas tradition of outrageousness . . . but amped up to about 100,000 watts. Houston Chronicle "Lansdale is an exceptional storyteller." Rocky Mountain News Lansdale has a zest for storytelling and a gimlet eye for detail. Entertainment Weekly Lansdale's prose, both laconic and sarcastic, is so thick with slang and regional accent that it's as tasty as a well-cured piece of beef jerky. Readers will want to savor each bite. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"

"Lansdale is a storyteller in the Texas tradition of outrageousness . . . but amped up to about 100,000 watts."--Houston Chronicle "Lansdale is an exceptional storyteller."--Rocky Mountain News"Lansdale has a zest for storytelling and a gimlet eye for detail."--Entertainment Weekly"Lansdale's prose, both laconic and sarcastic, is so thick with slang and regional accent that it's as tasty as a well-cured piece of beef jerky. Readers will want to savor each bite."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Book Description

A bitingly brilliant novel of comedy and crime from a master at the height of his powers.

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