Things get ugly : the best crime stories of Joe R. Lansdale
(2023)
Fiction
Book
Call Numbers:
MYSTERY/LANSDALE,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
San Francisco, CA : Tachyon Publications, 2023
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
329 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781616963965, 1616963964 :, 1616963964, 9781616963965
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"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"--
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. No matter how they begin, things are bound to get ugly--and fast