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Zusatztext Dark and comic! bleak and terrifying! romantic and endearing...This! I kid you not! is the Great American Novel of the year. Informationen zum Autor Joe R. Lansdale is the author of more than a dozen novels, including Sunset and Sawdust , Rumble Tumble and The Bottoms . He has received the British Fantasy Award, the American Mystery Award, the Edgar Award, the Grinzane Cavour Prize for Literature, and seven Bram Stoker Awards. He lives with his family in Nacogdoches, Texas. Visit his website at www.joerlansdale.com, follow him on Twitter @joelansdale or find him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/JoeRLansdale. Klappentext May Lynn dreamed of being a movie star. But her future was short, and it wasn't on the silver screen. It was down in the dark depths of the Sabine River with a sewing machine wired to her feet. In Depression-era Texas, a better life is hard to come by. May Lynn's friends Sue Ellen, Terry and Jinx know they need to leave, and now they have a reason - they're going to take May's ashes all the way to Hollywood. But silent obstacles stand in their way.. Joe R. Mark Twain crossed with crime fiction - a Depression-era noir by fan favourite Joe Lansdale. Zusammenfassung Mark Twain crossed with crime fiction - a Depression-era noir by fan favourite Joe Lansdale.
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The pace never slackens, the writing is elegance personified, and the story tugs at the heartstrings Daily Mail
