Things Get Ugly: The Best Crime Fiction of Joe R. Lansdale by Joe R. Lansdale

Things Get Ugly: The Best Crime Fiction of Joe R. Lansdale

Joe R. Lansdale

336 pages first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction crime short stories dark mysterious tense medium-paced
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Edgar Award winner and bestselling author Joe R. Lansdale (the Hap and Leonard series), one of America's most essential crime writers, heads back to the dangerous woods of East Texas. In his first crime career-retrospective, including previously u...

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Moods

dark 100%
tense 100%
emotional 50%
mysterious 50%

Pace

medium 50%
fast 50%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 50% | A mix: 50%

Strong character development?

No: 50% | Yes: 50%

Loveable characters?

No: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 50%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 50%

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