Paradise Sky (Thorndike Western) - Hardcover

Lansdale, Joe R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410489671 ISBN 13: 9781410489678

Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016

Synopsis

A "Library Journal" Best Book of 2015!
A rollicking novel about Nat Love, an African-American cowboy with a famous nickname: Deadwood Dick.
Young Willie is on the run, having fled his small Texas farm when an infamous local landowner murdered his father. A man named Loving takes him in and trains him in the fine arts of shooting, riding, reading, and gardening. When Loving dies, Willie re-christens himself Nat Love in tribute to his mentor, and heads west.
In Deadwood, South Dakota Territory, Nat becomes a Buffalo Soldier and is befriended by Wild Bill Hickok. After winning a famous shooting match, Nat's peerless marksmanship and charm earn him the nickname Deadwood Dick, as well as a beautiful woman. But the hellhounds are still on his trail, and they brutally attack Nat Love's love. Pursuing the men who have driven his wife mad, Nat heads south for a final, deadly showdown against those who would strip him of his home, his love, his freedom, and his life.

About this title

About the Author

Joe R. Lansdale is the author of more than three dozen novels, including "The Thicket, Edge of Dark Water, The Bottoms, "and "A Fine Dark Line." He has received the British Fantasy Award, the American Mystery Award, the Edgar Award, the Grinzane Cavour Prize for Literature, and nine Bram Stoker Awards. He lives with his family in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Review

""Paradise Sky" is a rowdy, funny, suspenseful, and often quite moving yarn." "Booklist (starred)""

PRAISE FOR JOE LANSDALE:
"Reading Joe Lansdale is like listening to a favorite uncle who just happens to be a fabulous storyteller." "Dean Koontz
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"Too often overlooked in American literature is that lineage descending from our early humorists such as Bierce, and from Twain: regional, darkly comic, bizarre. That's where Joe Lansdale lives. He's very Texan, very American, very funny--and a stone brilliant writer." James Sallis, "author of "Drive"
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"Classic Lansdale, his own self peppered throughout by much piney backwoods philosophizing on everything from religion to whoring, [with] the author's long-ago trademarked heaping helping of wry, often delightfully vulgar humanism." ""Austin Chronicle"""

"This fast-paced Western with its multicultural cast of characters is a winner." "Library Journal (starred)""

"How did Deadwood Dick get his name? Readers can learn this, and a whole lot more, in this picaresque Western from a master of the form..."Paradise Sky "goes down smooth and easy as a vintage sarsaparilla." ""Kirkus"""

"Folksy, cinematic . . . Lansdale fills his pages with true-hearted heroes, dastardly scoundrels, and rollicking adventures." "Publishers Weekly (starred)""

"[A] breakout novel . . . Addictive fun . . . A rollicking ride that's suspenseful, hilarious and satisfyingly redemptive. . . . Lansdale at his funniest and most energetic, with some of the most engaging writing you'll read this year. . . . Lansdale has unleashed something remarkable." Dwight Silverman, "Houston Chronicle""

"Joe R. Lansdale takes on Nat Love and the legend of Deadwood Dick in his new novel, "Paradise Sky, " and hosannas should be sung to him for doing so. Paradise Sky is a remarkable achievement, an instant classic of Western lit. . . . It sometimes seems as if [Lansdale] has published around a thousand novels, and he, no doubt, will publish many more. "Paradise Sky" may well prove to be Lansdale's best." W.K. Stratton, "Dallas Morning News""

"Beautiful literary prose . . . He fills each page with heartbreak, suspense, hope, and laughter." Eric J. Guignard, "New York Journal of Books""

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1410489671
• ISBN 13: 9781410489678
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 682