![]() ![]() Inevitably, events spin quickly out of control, pitting the pair against a group of would-be radicals and a couple of sadistic drug dealers who are also bent on finding the cash. When Trudy sweeps in one day offering the men an opportunity to earn $100,000 each in cash, Hap and Leonard are skeptical, but eager to exchange their jobs as day laborers in the local rose fields for lives of luxury spent sunning on an exotic beach. And everything's quiet until - you guessed it - a woman shows up and complicates everything. Despite their loneliness - Leonard is a solitary gay man who gleans most of his affection from three fiercely loyal bird dogs, and Hap is perpetually hung up on his conniving ex-wife Trudy - both men are relatively satisfied with, or at least accepting of, their workaday existence. Lansdale's "cult classic" SAVAGE SEASON introduces readers to Hap Collins and Leonard Pine, two down-and-out East Texas good ol' boys with nothing much but each other. Combining visceral violence, dark humor, and an eye for characterization, Joe R. ![]()
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