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🎧 An old western coming-of-age book. Beware: horror, dark humor & use of N word. Great characters! Jack Parker a red headed innocent young man on a mission. Eustace the grave digger part black white & Comanche. Shorty a well educated dwarf (often called a midget) lectures, star gazes & kicks ass. Jimmie Sue a working girl, Jack's 1st & joins his mission. Lastly a 600lb hog, grandpa & LuLu (Jack‘s kidnapped sister). Great narration! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️2/3

I posted my top 10 books of the year today. This one made my list.

Info can be found here on Litsy or click through to my blog https://www.bethfishreads.com/2019/12/10-best-books-of-2019.html

Not my favorite book by Landsdale. The main character isn‘t very likable and is naive to the point of frustration. The main plot is all about saving his sister but instead the characters constantly camp and have long drawn out conversations for most of the book which really ruins the pace that is set in the beginning of the book. Some chapters are literally nothing but dialogue which does very little to drive the story forward.

Today is the last day of a week off work recovering from knee surgery. It's a perfect day for #audiopuzzling ! Listening to the tagged book and starting this beauty.
@kaye I'm so glad you posted about this book. I'm really enjoying it!

Another great book by Lansdale. If you like westerns I recommend picking this one up.

Now after reading that, tell me you don't want to read this book!

This book took a bit to get into but I am glad I stuck it out. A gruesome, violent, sometimes funny and touching story starring morally ambiguous characters (and one wild hog. Literally. A hog) set in the late 1800s. The writing was strong and I loved that the narrator broke the 4th wall at times. This book isn't for everyone but if you can handle graphic violence and you like westerns & people with questionable morals and motives, get on this.

A gun-slinging, bounty-hunting dwarf, a son-of-a-slave who needs to avoid the drink, a wild pig, a prostitute, and a sometimes Sheriff join forces with a God-fearing teen to save his kidnapped sister and avenge his Grandpa's death in turn-of-the-century TX. Not for the faint at heart. I loved it!