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Honky Tonk Samurai
Honky Tonk Samurai | Joe R. Lansdale
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NOW THE BASIS OF THE NEW SERIES ON SUNDANCETV.Only Hap and Leonard would catch a cold case with hot cars, hot women, and ugly skinheads.The story starts simply enough when Hap, a former 60s activist and self-proclaimed white trash rebel, and Leonard, a tough black, gay Vietnam vet and Republican with an addiction to Dr. Pepper, are working a freelance surveillance job in East Texas. The uneventful stakeout is coming to an end when the pair witness a man abusing his dog. Leonard takes matters into his own fists, and now the bruised dog abuser wants to press charges. One week later, a woman named Lilly Buckner drops by their new PI office with a proposition: find her missing granddaughter, or she'll turn in a video of Leonard beating the dog abuser. The pair agrees to take on the cold case and soon discover that the used car dealership where her granddaughter worked is actually a front for a prostitution ring. What began as a missing-person case becomes one of blackmail and murder.Filled with Lansdale's trademark whip-smart dialogue, relentless pacing, and unorthodox characters, Honky Tonk Samurai is a rambunctious thrill ride by one hell of a writer.
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GuiltyFeat
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Pickpick

Meatier than the last couple of Hap and Leonard books. There's a slight hint of the familiar as our heroes put together an invincible crew of deadly assassins to take out a marginally less invincible crew of deadly assassins. It's all dreadful hokum, but somewhere in the middle of the blood, guts and vanilla cookies there is enough heart to make me smile, make me cry and make me wish every book was as entertaining as this.

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tottman
Honky Tonk Samurai | Joe R. Lansdale
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Met Joe Lansdale at Murder Mayhem Milwaukee. He couldn't have been nicer. Great author.

MrBook Niiice! @BookBabe likes his works! 8y
MrBook And welcome to @Litsy , by the way! We hope you enjoy your stay 😊👍🏻. 8y
tottman Thanks! 8y
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Scithighs
Honky Tonk Samurai | Joe R. Lansdale
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This made me very sad I love all the Hap and Leonard books. I love Lansdales writing but this one was a disappointment. The story was just too fragmented and uninteresting. I had a tough time getting through it.

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Scithighs
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Can you believe that shit? People raping and murdering, and their conclusion is to paint the jail pink and have the shits wear pink jumpsuits. The goddamn death penalty doesn't stop them, but they think butt-hole pink will.

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SGJ
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Pickpick

Good mail day. One I've read, one I can't wait to read. Never once has Lansdale let me down.

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SGJ
Honky Tonk Samurai | Joe R. Lansdale
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Pickpick

Good mail day. One I've read, one I can't wait to read. Never once has Lansdale let me down.