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    The Bottoms
    The Bottoms
    The Bottoms
    Audiobook9 hours

    The Bottoms

    Written by Joe R. Lansdale

    Narrated by Brad Sanders

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    This Edgar Award winner is "equal parts morality tale and page-turning thriller" (Denver Post)-classic American storytelling in its truest, darkest, and most affecting form, with echoes of William Faulkner and Harper Lee.

    It's 1933 in East Texas and the Depression lingers in the air like a slow-moving storm. When a young Harry Collins and his little sister stumble across the body of a black woman who has been savagely mutilated and left to die in the bottoms of the Sabine River, their small town is instantly charged with tension. When a second body turns up, this time of a white woman, there is little Harry can do from stopping his Klan neighbors from lynching an innocent black man. Together with his younger sister, Harry sets out to discover who the real killer is, and to do so they will search for a truth that resides far deeper than any river or skin color.

    Contains mature themes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJan 17, 2023
    ISBN9781666117004
    The Bottoms
    Author

    Joe R. Lansdale

    Joe R. Lansdale is the winner of the British Fantasy Award, the American Horror Award, the Edgar Award, and six Bram Stoker Awards. He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas.

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      Reminded me quite a bit of Robert McCammon’s Boy’s Life