Bob Toomey (btoomey@javanet.com)
Sun, 26 Sep 1999 00:39:08 -0400
> > Has anyone heard of and or read Joe R
Lansdale
>
> Joe Lansdale is absolutely one of the finest writers
working today. His
> voice, his style, is singularly original and his
stories always enthralling.
> Whether you're interested in introducing yourself to
him through his short
> stories (BY BIZARRE HANDS, etc.) or through his
novels, you're sure to come
> away satisfied.
>
> Lansdale has a new novel out now, FREEZER BURN, that
I would highly
> recommend as a good place to start.
I second the above, but particularly recommend Lansdale's
wonderful novel THE MAGIC WAGON -- if you can find a copy.
It's a loopy western written in a terse, funny vernacular
that puts better known books like TRUE GRIT to shame.
Bob Toomey
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