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Best friends and freelance troublemakers Hap Collins and Leonard Pine assist an old friend in rescuing his daughter from an abusive drug dealer, and wind up enraging the Dixie Mafia.

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Main Author: Lansdale, Joe R., 1951-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2010.
Edition:First Vintage Crime/Black Lizard edition.
Series:Lansdale, Joe R., 1951- Hap and Leonard series ; bk. 7.
Subjects:
Collins, Hap > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Pine, Leonard > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
African American men > Fiction.
Drug dealers > Fiction.
Mafia > Fiction.
Texas > Fiction.
Adventure fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
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Summary:Best friends and freelance troublemakers Hap Collins and Leonard Pine assist an old friend in rescuing his daughter from an abusive drug dealer, and wind up enraging the Dixie Mafia.
Item Description:Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
"A Hap and Leonard novel"--Cover
Physical Description:243 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:9780307455451
0307455459
Author Notes:Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over thirty novels and numerous short stories. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. His work has been collected in eighteen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies.

Lansdale has received the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature, the Herodotus Historical Fiction Award, the Inkpot Award for Contributions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, and many others.

A major motion picture based on Lansdale's crime thriller Cold in July was released in May 2014, starring Michael C. Hall (Dexter), Sam Shepard (Black Hawk Down), and Don Johnson (Miami Vice). His novella Bubba Hotep was adapted to film by Don Coscarelli, starring Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. His story "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" was adapted to film for Showtime's "Masters of Horror." He is currently co-producing a TV series, "Hap and Leonard" for the Sundance Channel and films including The Bottoms, based on his Edgar Award-winning novel, with Bill Paxton and Brad Wyman, and The Drive-In, with Greg Nicotero.

Lansdale is the founder of the martial arts system Shen Chuan: Martial Science and its affiliate, Shen Chuan Family System. He is a member of both the United States and International Martial Arts Halls of Fame. He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas with his wife, dog, and two cats.

www.joerlansdale.com

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