Hap Collins se sent vieux, picole et squatte honteusement chez son pote Leonard qui n'en peut plus de ses chaussettes immondes. Le roi de la baston végète dans un job de videur et n'est même pas foutu d'emménager avec sa nouvelle amie pourtant belle comme un coeur. C'est la déprime. Aussi, lorsque sa fiancée lui demande de sortir sa propre fille des pattes d'un maquereau, Hap embarque immédiatement Leonard pour se refaire une santé. Facile pour ces deux-là qui en ont vu bien d'autres ! La promenade, pourtant, tourne au vinaigre. La gosse a été revendue à un gang de bikers totalement fêlés du casque qui campe juste derrière la frontière mexicaine. Un pays charmant sans doute pour les crotales, les tueurs, les fous ou les multinationales. Un enfer pour les autres...
Joe Lansdale Livres
Joe R. Lansdale est un maître conteur dont les œuvres se caractérisent par un mélange unique de suspense, d'humour et une profonde compréhension de la nature humaine. Son œuvre étendue comprend des romans et des nouvelles qui explorent souvent les aspects les plus sombres de la vie avec une approche non conventionnelle et provocatrice. Le style de Lansdale est incomparable pour son énergie brute et sa capacité à entraîner les lecteurs dans des récits captivants et chargés d'émotion.






Hap and Leonard return - Joe Lansdale's beloved crime-fighting duo are back for their latest escapade.
Hap and Leonard return - Joe Lansdale's beloved crime-fighting duo are back for their latest escapade.
Hap and Leonard return - Joe Lansdale's beloved crime-fighting duo are back for their latest escapade.
Hap and Leonard return - Joe Lansdale's beloved crime-fighting duo are back for their latest escapade.
Vanilla Ride
- 256pages
- 9 heures de lecture
Hap and Leonard return - Joe Lansdale's beloved crime-fighting duo are back for their latest escapade.
By Bizarre Hands
- 256pages
- 9 heures de lecture
"Lansdale is an immense talent."—Booklist. Small-town juvenile delinquents, Pentecostal snake-handlers, zombies, psychopaths, and assorted freaks populate these witty and gritty tales of horror by a master of the genre. The suspenseful, action-packed tales range from visions of a post-apocalyptic world ("Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back," "On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks") to alternative histories ("Trains Not Taken," "Letter from the South, Two Moons West of Nacogdoches"). A dozen other stories of gruesome violence and utter depravity include "The Pit," in which car trouble develops into a life-or-death struggle; "Night They Missed the Horror Show," involving an encounter with ornery rednecks; and "Hell Through a Windshield," in which a drive-in movie provides a one-way ticket to another dimension. By Bizarre Hands, Joe R. Lansdale's debut collection of short stories, was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction, and two of its tales have received Stoker awards. Lansdale's novella Bubba Ho-Tep was adapted into a 2002 film, and his Hap and Leonard detective stories inspired the Sundance Channel television series. This edition features an Introduction by science-fiction novelist Lewis Shiner and an Afterword by horror fiction author Ramsey Campbell. Suggested for mature readers. www.doverpublications.com
Hell's Bounty
- 244pages
- 9 heures de lecture
If the Western town of Falling Rock isn't dangerous enough, it gets a real dose of ugly when a soulless, dynamite-loving bounty hunter named Smith rides into town to bring back a bounty. Smith sets off an explosive chain of events that send him straight to the waiting room in Hell where he is offered a one-time chance to absolve himself.
Honky Tonk Samurai
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
Hap and Leonard are back - the first new book starring Joe Lansdale's beloved crime-fighting duo in five years.
Edgar Award-winner and fan favourite Joe R. Lansdale is back with Hap and Leonard's latest case: investigating the disappearance of a cult leader's daughter.