The Thicket - A Novel
Lansdale, Joe R., 1951-
The Thicket - A Novel Joe R. Lansdale. - First Mulholland Books paperback edition. - New York : Mulholland Books / Little Brown and Company, 2014. - 340, 12 pages ; 21 cm
"Jack Parker thought he'd already seen his fair share of tragedy. His grandmother was killed in a farm accident when he was barely five years old. His parents have just succumbed to the smallpox epidemic sweeping turn-of-the-century East Texas -- orphaning him and his younger sister, Lula. Then catastrophe strikes on the way to their uncle's farm, when a traveling group of bank-robbing bandits murder Jack's grandfather and kidnap his sister. With no elders left for miles, Jack must grow up fast and enlist a band of heroes the likes of which has never been seen if his sister stands any chance at survival. But the best he can come up with is a charismatic, bounty-hunting dwarf named Shorty, a grave-digging son of an ex-slave named Eustace, and a street-smart woman-for-hire named Jimmie Sue who's come into some very intimate knowledge about the bandits (and a few members of Jack's extended family to boot). In the throes of being civilized, East Texas is still a wild, feral place. Oil wells spurt liquid money from the ground. But as Jack's about to find out, blood and redemption rule supreme."--
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016814673 Uk
Orphans--Fiction.
Kidnapping--Fiction.
Kidnapping--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Texas, East--Fiction.
Adventure fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction).
Fiction.
PS3562.A557 / T55 2014
813/.54
The Thicket - A Novel Joe R. Lansdale. - First Mulholland Books paperback edition. - New York : Mulholland Books / Little Brown and Company, 2014. - 340, 12 pages ; 21 cm
"Jack Parker thought he'd already seen his fair share of tragedy. His grandmother was killed in a farm accident when he was barely five years old. His parents have just succumbed to the smallpox epidemic sweeping turn-of-the-century East Texas -- orphaning him and his younger sister, Lula. Then catastrophe strikes on the way to their uncle's farm, when a traveling group of bank-robbing bandits murder Jack's grandfather and kidnap his sister. With no elders left for miles, Jack must grow up fast and enlist a band of heroes the likes of which has never been seen if his sister stands any chance at survival. But the best he can come up with is a charismatic, bounty-hunting dwarf named Shorty, a grave-digging son of an ex-slave named Eustace, and a street-smart woman-for-hire named Jimmie Sue who's come into some very intimate knowledge about the bandits (and a few members of Jack's extended family to boot). In the throes of being civilized, East Texas is still a wild, feral place. Oil wells spurt liquid money from the ground. But as Jack's about to find out, blood and redemption rule supreme."--
9780316188449 0316188441
016814673 Uk
Orphans--Fiction.
Kidnapping--Fiction.
Kidnapping--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Texas, East--Fiction.
Adventure fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction).
Fiction.
PS3562.A557 / T55 2014
813/.54