Vanilla Ride

Praise

 
“Anything but ordinary crime writing by one of the best in the business.”–Los Angeles Times
 
“Joe Lansdale may be Texas’ bloody answer to Mark Twain.”–Austin Chronicle
 
“The best crime novel I’ve read in years.”–John Weisman, The Washington Times
 
“[Joe Lansdale] is one of the greatest yarn spinners of his generation: fearless, earthy, original, manic and dreadfully funny.”–Dallas Morning News

“Every page of this book brims with humor and character and most of all, kick ass story telling.”–Michael Connelly
 
“There’s no bullshit in a Joe Lansdale book. There’s everything a good story needs, and nothing it doesn’t.”–Christopher Moore, author of A Dirty Job and Fool
 
“Hilariously funny, to the point that your heart almost stops while you are laughing.”—Bookreporter
 
“The Hap and Leonard books explore questions of race, sexuality and religion in modern red-state America. Hap is a white heterosexual good old boy. Leonard is a black homosexual Vietnam vet. . . . Laughter is the common bond.”—Texas Observer