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Urbane Guerrilla · 04-04-2010, 10:59 PM

Joe R. Lansdale... if you don't mind that the main character is always this unchangeably marginal person who never has any money. "Hank" resembles the Patrick Swayze character in Roadhouse -- his best buddy "Leonard," the gay, black ex-Marine with a penchant for burning down crackhouses, twice per if he thinks it's necessary, seems more capable of evolving and development. Otherwise Hank sounds like a less smartalecky Kinky Friedman -- the character, not the author. In their dark way, Lansdale books are damn funny mystery novels.

04-04-2010, 10:59 PM	#1737
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Joe R. Lansdale... if you don't mind that the main character is always this unchangeably marginal person who never has any money. "Hank" resembles the Patrick Swayze character in Roadhouse -- his best buddy "Leonard," the gay, black ex-Marine with a penchant for burning down crackhouses, twice per if he thinks it's necessary, seems more capable of evolving and development. Otherwise Hank sounds like a less smartalecky Kinky Friedman -- the character, not the author. In their dark way, Lansdale books are damn funny mystery novels. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.