{"product_id":"miracles-aint-what-they-used-to-be-paperback","title":"Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe R. Lansdale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArguably (and who doesn't like to argue?) the world's bestselling cult author, Joe R. Lansdale is celebrated across several continents for his dark humor, his grimly gleeful horror, and his outlaw politics. Welcome to Texas. With hits like \u003cem\u003eBubba Ho-Tep\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Drive-In\u003c\/em\u003e the Lansdale secret was always endangered, and the spectacular new \u003cem\u003eHap and Leonard\u003c\/em\u003e Sundance TV series is busily blowing whatever cover Joe had left.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackwoods noir some call it; others call it redneck surrealism. Joe's signature style is on display here in all its grit, grime, and glory, beginning with two (maybe three) previously unpublished Hap and Leonard tales revealing the roots of their unlikely partnership.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlus... \u003cbr\u003e A hatful and a half of Joe's notorious \u003cem\u003eTexas Observer\u003c\/em\u003e pieces that helped catapult him from obscurity into controversy; and \"Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be,\" Lansdale's passionately personal take on the eternal tussles between God and Man, Texas and America, racism and reason--and religion and common sense.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd Featuring: Our Outspoken Interview, in which piney woods dialect, Bible thumpery, martial arts, crime classics and Hollywood protocols are finally awarded the attention they deserve. Or don't. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe R. Lansdale\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than thirty novels, including the Edgar Award-winning Hap and Leonard mystery series (Mucho Mojo, Two Bear Mambo) and the New York Times Notable Book \u003ci\u003eThe Bottoms\u003c\/i\u003e. More than two hundred of his stories have appeared in such outlets as \u003ci\u003eTales from the Crypt\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePulphouse\u003c\/i\u003e, and his work has been adapted for \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Zone\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Masters of Horror\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been collected in eighteen short story collections, and he has edited or coedited over a dozen anthologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.6 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770498384160,"sku":"9781629631523","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/31537abf505c601f57d40717e315e90c.webp?v=1780372961","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/miracles-aint-what-they-used-to-be-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}