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    Born for Trouble: The Further Adventures of Hap and Leonard Born for Trouble: The Further Adventures of Hap and Leonard

    Born for Trouble: The Further Adventures of Hap and Leonard

    Joe R. Lansdale
      • 4.6 • 10 Ratings
      • $4.99
      • $4.99

    Publisher Description

    In Edgar Award winner Joe R. Lansdale’s newest Hap and Leonard story collection, the boys are back with more righteous ass-kickings, highly improbable adventures, and disastrous fishing trips. These never before collected tales showcase the popular not-so dynamic duo who are little bit older, but not a whole lot wiser—Hap and Leonard were truly born for trouble.



    “You could call Born for Trouble a collection of stories. But that’s like calling Paradise Lost by Milton a poem. Born for Trouble is a road map through 20th-century crime fiction.”


    —S.A. Cosby author of Razorblade Tears



    “[Lansdale] has a folklorist’s eye for telling detail and a front-porch raconteur’s sense of pace.”


    —New York Times Book Review



    When you meet him, Hap Collins seems like just a good ol’ boy. But even in his misspent youth, his best pal was Leonard Pine: black, gay, and the ultimate outsider. Together, they have sort of found their way as partners in crime-solving—and at least as often, as hired muscle.



    As Hap wrestles with his new identity as a husband and father, and Leonard finds love in a long-term relationship, the boys continue their crime-solving shenanigans. They grapple with a stolen stuffed dog, uncover the sordid secret of a missing bookmobile, compete in a warped version of the Most Dangerous Game, regroup after Hap’s visit to the psychologist goes terribly awry, and much more.



    So sit yourself back and settle in—Born for the Trouble is East Texas mayhem as only the master mojo storyteller Lansdale could possibly tell.



    About the Hap and Leonard short story series



    Hap and Leonard


    Hap and Leonard: Blood and Lemonade


    The Big Book of Hap and Leonard (digital only)


    Of Mice and Minestrone



    The classic Hap Collins and Leonard Pine mystery series began in in 1990 with Savage Season. Hap and Leonard made their screen debuts in the three season Hap and Leonard TV series, starring Michael K. Williams (The Wire), James Purefoy (The Following), and Christina Hendricks (Mad Men).

    PUBLISHERS WEEKLY JAN 24, 2022

    The five stories in this uneven collection featuring the righteous East Texan PIs Hap Collins and Leonard Pine from Edgar winner Lansdale (Of Mice and Minestrone) follow a familiar, cyclic pattern. "Coco Butternut," the high point, finds the dogged pair employed by a pet mortuary owner to deliver ransom money to the grave robbers who stole his mummified dog. Extortion and slaughter surface again in "Cold Cotton," where thieves target a wealthy therapist with a seedy past. In the superior "Hoodoo Harry," the duo narrowly escape death after colliding with a bookmobile, and their subsequent research into the deceased driver uncovers a series of gruesome murders. Low points include the forgettable "Sad Onions," where the pair discover foul play while investigating the survivor of another car crash, and the lamentable "The Briar Patch Boogie," in which a hunting party, armed with bow and arrow, attempts to slay the defenseless investigators in the woods. Though high on action, adventure, and carnage, these tales are short on humor, characterization, and personal reflection. Hap and Leonard enthusiasts will hope for better next time.

    GENRE
    Mysteries & Thrillers
    RELEASED
    2022
    March 21
    LANGUAGE
    EN
    English
    LENGTH
    310
    Pages
    PUBLISHER
    Tachyon Publications
    SELLER
    Baker & Taylor Publisher Services
    SIZE
    686.6
    KB

    Customer Reviews

    AtomicCoug , 04/02/2022

    New for Me

    Five stars for anything and everything from Joe R. Lansdale.

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