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VANILLA RIDE by Joe R. Lansdale

If you like novels that are riveting, wildly profane and yet strangely profound, then welcome to VANILLA RIDE, the latest novel in the Hap & Leonard series from author Joe Lansdale, and if you haven’t read one of his novels yet, then what are you waiting for?

July 23, 2009 Tags: Interview, Knopf, Noir Posted in: Amateur Detective, Award Winning Author, Humorous, Noir, Sleuth Series, Texas, Top Pick, Wild West One Comment

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