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Sanctified and Chicken-Fried : The Portable Lansdale by Joe R. Lansdale (2009, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of Texas Press

ISBN-100292719418

ISBN-139780292719415

eBay Product ID (ePID)71661711

Product Key Features

Book TitleSanctified and Chicken-Fried : the Portable Lansdale

Number of Pages264 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

TopicShort Stories (Single Author)

GenreFiction

AuthorJoe R. Lansdale

Book SeriesSouthwestern Writers Collection Series, Wittliff Collections at Texas State University Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight19.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2008-049636

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal813/.54

Table Of ContentForeword by Bill Crider Mister Weed-Eater Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back The Big Blow The Magic Wagon (excerpt from) Dirt Devils The Pit Night They Missed the Horror Show Bubba Ho-Tep Fat Man and the Elephant A Fine Dark Line (excerpt from) White Mule, Spotted Pig

SynopsisMaster 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together a unique mix of well-known short stories and excerpts from his acclaimed novels, along with new and previously unpublished material.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.", 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.", The first anthology that brings together the very best short stories, excerpts from the acclaimed novels The Magic Wagon and A Fine Dark Line, and previously unpublished tales by multi-award-winning writer Joe R. Lansdale.

LC Classification NumberPS3562.A557S26 2009