Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed on 1/22/2018 + 1192 more book reviews

I have been reading Joe Lansdale books on and off for a couple of years now. This is the second in the Hap and Leonard series that I've read and I thoroughly it. I have also enjoyed the Sundance TV series based on the books. The 3rd season will be based on Two-Bear Mambo and is set to air in March.

Anyway, Mambo was Lansdale at his offensive best. He does not hesitate to offend most everyone including blacks, rednecks, homosexuals, women, and everyone else along the way. Hap and Leonard have been friends for years but are radically different people. Hap is a straight white male while Leonard is a black gay man who spent time in the military and knows how to protect himself. They are asked by the local police chief to travel to a small town to try to find a missing black woman who has history with Hap. The town turns out to be a hate-filled rednecked hole full of KKK and racial bigots. Not a place where a black and white man will be welcomed with open arms! But can Hap and Leonard find the missing woman in this hostile environment? Not very easily!

This one was filled with Lansdale's usual violence and racial epithets and is not for the easily offended. But I will be looking forward to reading more in the series as well as seeing season 3 of the TV series.

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