Mucho Mojo

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Summary: Like a freight train driven by a drunk conductor!
Review: After I finished this book, I had trouble trying to slot it in a classification. It was a mystery, that much is certain, but it is not a typical "here's the detective, here's the crime, here are the suspects, unveil the culprit" mystery. This book has more characterization than any five modern mystery books combined.

Hap and Leonard are the sleuth duo for the 90's. Their witty, brave, compassionate, driven, and the best of friends. Oh yeah, one's black and the other is white, but don't think for one moment that this book is politically correct. In fact, it is one of the most politically incorrect books I have ever read. And I laughed my *ss off in nearly every chapter at something Lansdale wrote.

Great stuff. Do yourself a favor and read something by Joe Lansdale! I wouldn't steer you wrong. If he was not worthy of the hype, I'd call him a hack.

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Summary: Hap & Leonad are a hoot!
Review: After reading only one other book by Lansdale, "The Bottoms", which was excellent, I decide to read this series. Other reviewers have given detailed plot descriptions, so I won't go into it, just to say these guys are a riot and such an unlikely pair. This was not only very funny, but also a solid mystery with great characterizations. I am looking forward to reading the others in the series. Highly recommended.

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Summary: Mucho Marvelous
Review: Except for an ending that drops the ball, this is a ripping read by a master story teller. Second in a wonderful series, it's a great read and rife with southern literary grit.
Go for it.

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Summary: Great!
Review: Great book to start the series. Believe me, you'll want to read more and the others are great too. I've already pre-ordered his new one "High Cotton."

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Summary: I love Hap and Leonard!
Review: I really enjoyed reading about the antics of this oddball duo, as they are not your typical "buddy" pairing. I've now read most of the titles featuring these two. Unfortunately, this was a sad, ugly story but as usual the author delivered. I would love to see these two characters on the big screen.

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Summary: pure entertainment
Review: I stumbled upon Joe Lansdale's Mucho Mojo on a bargain table. The cover grabbed me and the preview was interesting so I paid the four bucks and went home. That's when it all began. I have read many books and I must say that the Hap and Leonard stories are the best ever. Joe Lansdale doesn't mess around. If you aren't engrossed, laughing or wanting more after the first page then you should check your pulse. Joe Lansdale is a true storyteller with his own unique crop of adjectives and the most hilarious group of metaphors I've ever read. I can't tell you how many times I have suggested this book to someone. Even non-readers get hooked. Since that first introduction I read everything I can find. He has other stories that are equally entertaining. But Hap and Leonard are two characters that come alive and will hopefully live forever.

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Summary: Taut suspense thriller with quirky characters.
Review: I was enthralled with this book. I read it all in one sitting! The characters are strange and interesting, and so is the storyline. I need more Landsdale! The book makes you feel dirty and dusty as if you are in the same town as the characters, and I liked it! It was a sick, exciting, twisted, and well-written delight!

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Summary: Muchas Gracias, Senor Lansdale
Review: I've found another author to read regularly. This novel is my introduction to Hap Collins and Leonard Pine, two friends who happen to have one of the most original and realistic relationships I've read. Hap travels to La Borde, Texas with Leonard, who has been left his recently deceased uncle's old house. As they are fixing up the house they discover a small skeleton and several kiddie porn magazines buried under the floor. Leonard cannot accept that Uncle Chester was a ...child murderer so he persuades Hap to help him clear Chester's name. That decision opens the door to an expertly plotted and neatly tied together mystery. Lansdale gives pieces of information that are not contrived but flow into the story and add interest and color. He introduced characters and relationships that I became interested in and wanted to learn more about. The sarcasm and repartee between Hap and Leonard is reason enough to read the book. Put that clever and realistic dialogue in a mystery full of colorful characters that also has some very suspenseful moments and you have a few hours of rich, first-rate entertainment. I highly recommend MUCHO MOJO.

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Summary: What?
Review: I've read all the reviews to Mucho Mojo and I wonder if the other reviewers read the same book. Hap & Leonard are neither funny nor cool, just lame. The plot was slow and predictable. I had it figured out about half way through. I stuck with it hoping there would be a last chapter plot twist, but there was none. This should have been a 30 page short story not a 300 page novel. Stay away.

Rating:
Summary: What?
Review: I've read all the reviews to Mucho Mojo and I wonder if the other reviewers read the same book. Hap & Leonard are neither funny nor cool, just lame. The plot was slow and predictable. I had it figured out about half way through. I stuck with it hoping there would be a last chapter plot twist, but there was none. This should have been a 30 page short story not a 300 page novel. Stay away.