Rumble Tumble
A Hap and Leonard Novel (5)
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4.0 • 27 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Hap and Leonard is now a Sundance TV series starring James Purefoy and Michael Kenneth Williams.
Hap Collins and Leonard Pine are in for an action-packed adventure when they cross paths with a towering Pentecostal preacher, a midget with a giant attitude, and a gang of bikers turned soldiers of fortune.
Even though a midlife crisis just hit Hap Collins like a runaway pickup truck, he's still got his job, he knows his best friend, Leonard Pine, will always be there for him, and of course he's got his main squeeze, Brett Sawyer. Things hit a new low, however, when Brett's daughter, Tillie, who has been walking on the wrong side of the law suddenly stands in need of a rescue. It's won't be easy—it never is—but nothing is going to stop Hap and Leonard as they hit the road destined for Hootie Hoot, Oklahoma to shake things up. And with Hap and Leonard at the wheel this promises to be a wild ride.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Man, this was something. An East Texas bouncer, a black queer, a ex-sweet potato queen, a six-foot-four overweight retired hit man and former reverend, and a redheaded midget with an attitude. The only thing we needed to top our wagon off were a couple of used-car salesmen, a monkey and an organ grinder." That's both the pleasure and the problem in Lansdale's fourth book (after 1997's Bad Chili) about Hap Collins--the self-described "East Texas bouncer." The language and the characters are as ripe as ever, but there's also a hint of the kind of over-the-shoulder coyness that might eventually spoil the series. Once again, we're reminded (by his best buddy, Leonard Pine, the "black queer") that the hapless Hap has "more bleeding heart in you than the whole Democratic Congress." Once again, Hap overcomes his intense dislike of guns to blast away with rifle, shotgun and pistol at an ever-increasing number of bad men and women--some of them just accidentally on the scene. The motivation this time is to free the daughter of Hap's lady love, Brett (the "ex-sweet potato queen"), from a life of prostitution in Oklahoma and Mexico. The background characters are as colorful as a traveling circus; there's lots of sex and other bodily functions; and the terrific tornado that ended Bad Chili is equaled here by a wonderful light plane crash. New readers should be amazed and dazzled by Lansdale's clod-kicking virtuosity--but old fans might just begin to wonder if some new direction isn't needed for Hap's next outing.
Customer Reviews
Kinda mean-spirited and loses energy by the end
I’ve read most of the Hap & Leonard books and all of them have their moments. But this one. I don’t know. It didn’t feel plotted out so much as much as typed up. None of the characters, who can be anti-heroes or pulpy, come out too well by the end. It’s a mean little book and I felt kinda grotty after finishing it.