Sanctified and chicken-fried : the portable Lansdale / by Joe R. Lansdale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lansdale, Joe R., 1951-

Series:

Southwestern Writers Collection series.

Southwestern Writers Collection series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, American--20th century.

Short stories, American.

Lansdale, Joe R., 1951-.

Lansdale, Joe R.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Other Title:

Portable Lansdale

Fine dark line.

Magic wagon.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Master of mojo storytelling, spinner of over-the-top yarns of horror, suspense, humor, mystery, science fiction, and even the Old West, Joe R. Lansdale has attracted a wide and enthusiastic following. His genre-defying work has brought him numerous awards, including the Grand Master of Horror from the World Horror Convention, the Edgar Award, the American Horror Award, seven Bram Stoker awards, the British Fantasy Award, Italy's Grinzane Prize for Literature, as well as Notable Book of the Year recognition twice from the New York Times. Sanctified and Chicken-Fried is the first "true best of Lansdale" anthology. It brings together a unique mix of well-known short stories and excerpts from his acclaimed novels, along with new and previously unpublished material. In this collection of gothic tales that explore the dark and sometimes darkly humorous side of life and death, you'll meet traveling preachers with sinister agendas, towns lost to time, teenagers out for a good time who get more than they bargain for, and gangsters and strange goings-on at the end of the world. Out of the blender of Lansdale's imagination spew tall tales about men and mules, hogs and races, that are, in his words, "the equivalent of Aesop meets Flannery O'Connor on a date with William Faulkner, the events recorded by James M. Cain." Whether you're a long-time fan of Joe R. Lansdale or just discovering his work, this anthology brings you the best of a writer whom the New York Times Book Review has praised for having "a folklorist's eye for telling detail and a front-porch raconteur's sense of pace."

Contents:

Mister Weed-Eater

Tight little stitches in a dead man's back

The big blow

The magic wagon (excerpt)

Dirt devils

The pit

Night they missed the horror show

Bubba Ho-Tep

The fat man and the elephant

A fine dark line (excerpt)

White mule, spotted pig.

Notes:

An anthology of short stories, excerpts from the novels The magic wagon and A fine dark line, and previously unpublished tales.

ISBN:

9780292777965

0292777965

9780292793620

0292793626

OCLC:

1286807141