5/13/2023 0 Comments The thicket joe lansdale![]() ![]() Set just as oil is being discovered in Texas and the first cars are bumping along unpaved roads, The Thicket is an adventure yarn that is a mix of Tom Sawyer, Stand by Me and True Grit, with a solid dose of the comic, dark humour that populates Lansdale's Hap and Leonard books. Tracking, Fatty, one of Bill’s gang, they home in on their quarry, hoping that Lula is still alive and they can rescue her whilst maintaining their own health. The three of them set off in pursuit, picking up Jimmie-Sue, a young prostitute seeking to leave the profession, and Winton, another sheriff interested in the bounty on capturing Cut Throat Bill’s gang, dead or alive. Determined to rescue his sister he turns to two bounty hunters, the charismatic dwarf, Shorty, and his partner, Eustace, the son of a slave, offering them the deeds to his parent’s and grandfather’s land in return for help. ![]() Jack makes his way to the nearest town to find the sheriff, who killed when the bank was robbed. The gang murder Jack’s grandfather and kidnap his younger sister. Not long after setting off they run into Cut Throat Bill and his gang, who have just robbed a bank. His grandfather arrives to take him and his younger sister, Lula, to an aunt in Kansas. Jack Parker has just turned sixteen when his mother and father die from small pox on their East Texas farm. ![]()
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