{"product_id":"thicket-9780316188449","title":"Thicket","description":"\u003cb\u003eLove and vengeance at the dark dawn of the East Texas oil boom from Joe Lansdale, \"a true American original\" (Joe Hill, author of \u003ci\u003eHeart-Shaped Box\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jack Parker thought he'd already seen his fair share of tragedy. His grandmother was killed in a farm accident when he was barely five years old. His parents have just succumbed to the smallpox epidemic sweeping turn-of-the-century East Texas -- orphaning him and his younger sister, Lula. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Then catastrophe strikes on the way to their uncle's farm, when a traveling group of bank-robbing bandits murder Jack's grandfather and kidnap his sister. With no elders left for miles, Jack must grow up fast and enlist a band of heroes the likes of which has never been seen if his sister stands any chance at survival. But the best he can come up with is a charismatic, bounty-hunting dwarf named Shorty, a grave-digging son of an ex-slave named Eustace, and a street-smart woman-for-hire named Jimmie Sue who's come into some very intimate knowledge about the bandits (and a few members of Jack's extended family to boot). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the throes of being civilized, East Texas is still a wild, feral place. Oil wells spurt liquid money from the ground. But as Jack's about to find out, blood and redemption rule supreme. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Thicket\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning novelist Joe R. Lansdale lets loose like never before, in a rip-roaring adventure equal parts \u003ci\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStand by Me\u003c\/i\u003e - - the perfect introduction to an acclaimed writer whose work has been called \"as funny and frightening as anything that could have been dreamed up by the Brothers Grimm -- or Mark Twain\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe R. Lansdale\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of nearly four dozen novels, including \u003ci\u003eRusty Puppy\u003c\/i\u003e, the Edgar-award winning \u003ci\u003eThe Bottoms\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunset and Sawdust\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLeather Maiden\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received nine Bram Stoker Awards, the American Mystery Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the Grinzane Cavour Prize for Literature. He lives with his family in Nacogdoches, Texas.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mulholland Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725290377490,"sku":"9780316188449","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_78d273b5-a3eb-45a6-8b9f-dfb3db0a0288.jpg?v=1734823750","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thicket-9780316188449","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}