Nobody's Fool

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In his slyly funny and moving new novel, the author of The Risk Pool follows the unexpected operation of grace in a deadbeat, upstate New York town--and in the lives of the unluckiest of its citizens. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, and Jessica Tandy. Author reading tour.

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Great, Great Book.......2007-10-10

This book is fantastic. It has terrific characters in a well defined setting that creates a heartfelt community. You'll laugh and feel your heart strings pulled. One of my favorite books ever. This genre brings a true environment, and conflicts with real people that tackle genuine problems, something we can all relate to. Sully is a hero cut from everyman.

Don't miss this one.......2007-08-05

This may be Richard Russo's best book, at least as far as a straight-ahead story goes. Any avid reader, and especially any writer about place, should read anything he writes. This may the best place --- pardon the pun -- to start.

READ THIS BOOK & SEE THE MOVIE AS WELL.......2007-06-13

I saw this movie starring Paul Newman a number of years ago and then started to travel through Upstate NY visiting family and working in Upstate NY. I was always amazed at how accurately the author captures this region of the country. The film was produced on location in the Hudson River Valley and other areas Upstate.

The US government has characterized several counties in New York as "Appalachian" and many counties are economically depressed. The plot of this novel captures the character of people who choose to stay in one place instead of chasing the American Dream all over the place as itinerant migrant workers.

Smart, True, and Funny.......2007-03-16

I'm a voracious and very selective reader. And I LOVE this book. Full of eccentric characters, sharply (and lovingly) observed, it has some of the best snappy patter ever written. The old man of the title is irrefutably irresistible. And though the characters have rather sad lives, it's still an uplifting piece of literature.

Life in a Small Town.......2006-12-11

I started this book many months ago and ended up putting it down during one of my "reading slumps." I picked it back up over the weekend and finished it. I really enjoyed the characters. Sully, Rub, Mrs. People's, Clive Jr. and the whole lot are really well written and representative of small town life. Sully, the main character, is funny, unpredictable, and lovable, although he tries to appear otherwise. He reminded me how much I enjoyed meeting "Max"~~the main character in my very favorite Russo Book, "Empire Falls." Nobody's Fool is a good read, not up to par with Empire Falls, but I would recommend it to those who enjoy a good look into small town life with very well written and memorable characters.

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Met him
Full of innuendo and contempt
OK journalism where comedy becomes tragedy
Danny Kaye review
THE DANNY KAYE WE NEVER SAW

Nobody's Fool
Martin Gottfried
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Met him.......2007-04-03

I have to admit I haven't read the book, but from one brief experience with Danny Kaye, I just hopped on to attest to the claims I read in the reviews of the book re: Kaye's personality.

I met Kaye when I was a teenager, one who was already self-conscious about myself, my appearance, pretty much everything. Kaye took the opportunity to belittle me in front of other people, including my peers (NOT what you want to have happen when you're a teenager!). Who knows, perhaps he sensed my vulnerabilities and decided to have a little fun at my expense. I don't know what his motivations were, but the effect on me was devastating. Home already wasn't a happy place for me and then a childhood "hero" did his best to finish the job that was begun at home.

I'd grown up listening to Kaye's records and watching his movies. He was one of my all time favorites growing up. Since meeting him, I've never watched another Kaye movie -- I can't bear looking at him knowing what a SOB he was.

This was a nasty,heartless man. What kind of person would do that to a kid?

So, there's a little confirmation from someone who had the distinct displeasure of being in this little man's presence.

Full of innuendo and contempt.......2006-06-21

This is a dreadful book by a journalist who ought to know better. He has his theories about Danny Kaye, and he fits the evidence (some of which is mighty thin) around them, unable to disguise how irritating and contemptible he finds his subject. His main theory is that Kaye wasn't "sexually available" and was "whipped by obedience" by his wife, and was therefore gay. The claim that he wasn't "sexually available" is repeated over and over, despite the fact that Kaye is shown having numbers of girlfriends in his early years and later affairs with Eve Arden, Princess Margaret, and others -- so it's a bit strange, not to say contrary, that Gottfriend insists his sexuality is hesitant or dubious. He throws out insinuations like "He certainly knew how to make love to [an audience]. The question was whether he could make love to a person." The whole book is full of snide remarks like that, dropped in without provocation. Even a photo of Kaye looking a healthy 60 (but without his age actually being identified) is captioned "Despite his interest in medicine and health, Kaye aged prematurely. His haggard appearance reflected an assortment of operations as well as, perhaps, a lifetime of internalized emotions." Gottfried labels Kaye "nasty," "icy," "juvenile," "childish," "passive," and, again and again, "sexually ambiguous." (Gottfried's ideas of what constitutes a real man seem to be straight out of the he-man '50s, and men who can sing, dance, and improvise comedy need not apply.) His antipathy for Kaye's wife, Sylvia Fine, is even stronger. Did he write this book on assignment? It seems odd that someone would dislike the subject of his book so strongly and feel so little sympathy for any aspect of him. What perhaps troubled me the most is the many statements made without citing evidence -- "the popularity of the double-talk was beginning to bother him," as well as all the innuendoes about sexual passivity -- so that in many instances we have no way of assessing how strong his evidence is. This is a pop biography, not a serious one, as if Danny Kaye doesn't deserve to have his work or life taken seriously. It's also as if the only interesting things about him might be contradictions to his public persona -- he wasn't gregarious! he was moody! he was unhappy! he was sexually ambiguous! -- as if in disappointment that no bigger scandals are forthcoming. Danny Kaye deserves better.

OK journalism where comedy becomes tragedy.......2006-01-07

This is a rather comprehensive look at Kaye's life with credible, recognizable sources (such as Alan King and some of Kaye's co-stars/directors/producers), although this book screams for input from the biggies in Kaye's life such as his daughter (apparently prohibited from speaking about her parents in their will) and some of his high-profile friends (most of whom were dead by the time this book was published). Gottfried airs out Kaye's dirty laundry pretty much, which is why we all read biographies anyways, and even if half of what he claims is true (no reason to believe it isn't as Gottfried is a respected journalist and the book has credible sources), then it is a fact that the Danny Kaye that generations laughed at for years and years was not really a reflection of who Kaye really was, and that Kaye predictably had a very dark side to him like most "zany" comedians -- Jerry Lewis, Robin Williams, Steve Martin and of course Jim Carrey come to mind.

Kaye could have been worse -- no claims of drug/alcohol abuse, not physically abusive, etc. -- but he appears to have been a totally self-absorbed manic-depressive and possibly (POSSIBLY) a closeted homosexual. The revelations made me sad not so much because he wasn't what he portrayed on-screen, but that he appears to have not enjoyed such a rich life and did not appreciate what he did for people (and did not appreciate the people who supported him and loved him so much). I never imagined Kaye to be a zany, delightful elf in his off-hours, but I always imagined him to be a gentle, perhaps retiring, sweet man, and according to Gottfried, he was not.

I think the person I felt the worst for after reading this book was his wife, Sylvia Fine, who has a notorious reputation in Hollywood lore as an enormously unpleasant woman. Was she this way because she was really that unkind and controlling? Gottfried presents a slightly different perspective, portraying her as a very shy, somewhat homely, but enormously intelligent woman who lacked social confidence, especially when contrasted to her incredibly extroverted and charming husband. The Fine we come to know is a woman who fell madly in love with Kaye at the age of 14 and kept on worshipping and holding on to him through infidelities, isolation, abandonment and humiliation up until his deathbed.

All-in-all, the book left me feeling that Kaye and Fine's life was triumphant in many outward ways but tragic on the personal side. But Kaye was a one-of-a-kind genius and it appears that people with his level of talent always pay for it in tears. But we must also remember that Kaye was a hard-working perfectionist who gave more of himself to the world than most, and that also takes a toll. His audience who "took" so much from him -- from moviegoers, to music-hall attendees to yes, even UNICEF -- was also instrumental in making Kaye the man who he was.

Danny Kaye review.......2005-12-15

As a lifelong fan of danny kaye i have always been looking for a book that would give me an insight into his life, and this book did just that. I found it to be very insightful and interesting to discover the real man behind danny kaye. I would have liked a little more information and discussion regarding the making of his films and possibly an dated index of all his films. However, overall a fascinating read.

THE DANNY KAYE WE NEVER SAW.......2004-05-19

A twinkly-eyed jolly Hans Christian Andersen he was not, despite what the movies led us to believe. Instead, as the first full length biography of the master of the absurd, Danny Kaye, makes clear, he was bereft of humor off stage. What he had, according to this biographer, was a penchant for the small, the petty, the spiteful, and a great gift for scene stealing.

However, none of that detracts from the actor's one-of-a-kind genius. While most of us probably missed the Broadway musical "Lady In The Dark" many treasure Kaye's televised delivery of that musical's show stopper - "Tchaikovsky," in which he recited the names of 49 Russian composers in 38 seconds. Such movies as "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and "White Christmas" won him numerous fans; his television show (broadcast in the mid 60s) won him countless more.

Pagliacci typifies the tearful clown in opera; perhaps Danny Kaye does the same in filmdom. Certainly the supposition that a comedic flair springs from pain is not new.

Nobody's Fool brims with show business anecdotes, and refutes the oft heard rumors of a liaison between Kaye and Sir Laurence Olivier. The descriptions of Kaye's mean spiritedness are all the more puzzling when one remembers his tireless efforts for UNICEF.

One indisputable fact is that he was an incredibly gifted entertainer, and he entertained us royally.

Nobody's Fool: A Skeptic's Guide to Prosperity
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Nobody's Fool: A Skeptic's Guide to Prosperity
Allan B. Jacobs
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"Nobody's Fool" is the ultimate guide to the art of debunkery. Chapters dealing with spending and borrowing, making sound investments, the truth about Social Security, and how to avoid being victimized by America's many intimidating institutions are included. The Ten Ground Rules presented in the book ensure success in attaining one's goals.

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Great Resource.......2004-04-22

Nobody's Fool offers practical and straight-forward information on every aspect of managing your money. Mr. Jacob's no-nonsense approach to maintaining and growing your financial wealth is the perfect tool. His language is clear and his tips are easy to follow and are based on his experience. He demonstates the truths of many of the common myths and shows how to put the knowledge to use in a variety of everyday ways. A great tool for families, businesses and anyone who wants to understand and apply proven techniques to create wealth.

Expressly for the benefit of non-specialist general readers.......2002-10-08

Nobody's Fool: A Skeptic's Guide to Prosperity by experienced entrepreneur A. B. Jacobs is a practical, "user friendly" guide to financial ways and means written expressly for the benefit of non-specialist general readers. Individual chapters address the truth about Social Security, effective approaches to maintaining one's health, need-to-know information on mutual funds, and much, much more. Nobody's Fool is recommended as being a highly useful guide to the diverse pitfalls of the modern financial world.

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Nobody's Fool
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4 Titles By Nobody's Fool - Sex Lies and Leprechans - Devil to Pay - Unwilling Wife
Renee Roszel
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Everybody's Grandmother and Nobody's Fool : Frances Freeborn Pauley and the Struggle for Social Justice

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Everybody's Grandmother and Nobody's Fool : Frances Freeborn Pauley and the Struggle for Social Justice
Kathryn L. Nasstrom
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Frances Freeborn Pauley, a white woman who grew up in the segregated South, has devoted most of her ninety-four years to the battle against discrimination and prejudice. A champion of civil rights and racial justice and an advocate for the poor and disenfranchised, Pauley's tenacity as an activist and the length of her career are remarkable. She is also a consummate storyteller; for decades, she has shared her words with activists, students, and scholars who have found their way to her door.

Kathryn L. Nasstrom uses rich oral history material, recorded by herself and others, to present Frances Pauley in her own words. Pauley's life has encompassed much of the last century of extraordinary social change in the South, a life touching and touched by famous figures from southern politics and the civil rights movement. Highlights of Pauley's career in the public eye include a friendship with Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, encounters with several of Georgia's civil-rights-era governors, and a meeting with Eleanor Roosevelt.

A skillful political organizer, Pauley was involved in decades of community mobilization, repeated efforts to educate politicians and the public about the origins and nature of poverty, and lobbying for unpopular causes. "People are born into a certain way of living," she says. "It takes a jolt to get out of it. It doesn't really mean that they're all that mean and bad, but it takes a jolt to make them see that maybe they could make a change."

In a deft blend of biography and memoir, Nasstrom explains Pauley's historical significance and places her story in the context of developments in Georgia politics and the civil rights movement. Even as it contributes to the political history of Georgia and the South, affording insight of unusual depth on familiar issues and events, the book preserves one woman's story in the still largely undocumented history of southern women's social and political activism in the twentieth century. Pauley's experiences serve as a window on the lives of all those women and men who, town by town and state by state, made momentous change not only possible but also inescapable.

Everybodys Grandmother and Nobodys Fool
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Everybodys Grandmother and Nobodys Fool
Kathryn Nasstrom
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Nobody s Fool
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Nobody s Fool
Charles Yale Harrison
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Nobody'S A Fool (Silhouette Special Edition)
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So funny and entertaining

Nobody'S A Fool (Silhouette Special Edition)
Renee Roszel
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So funny and entertaining.......1999-12-10

This book had me after the first page. Cara Torrence character is honest and funny. Martin Dante is suave and cool. When these two mix, fireworks. What Martin does to win Cara's heart, well read the book to find out. Worth a read. Part of a series, American Tribute, SSE.

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Nobody's Fool
Marten Claridge
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In the middle of a cyclone, beautiful, red-haired Sunset Jones shoots her husband Pete dead when he tries to beat and rape her. To Camp Rapture’s general consternation, Sunset’s mother-in-law arranges for her to take over from Pete as town constable. As if that weren’t hard enough to swallow in depression era east Texas, Sunset actually takes the job seriously, and her investigation into a brutal double murder pulls her into a maelstrom of greed, corruption, and unspeakable malice. It is a case that will require a well of inner strength she never knew she had. Spirited and electrifying, Sunset and Sawdust is a mystery and a tale like nothing you’ve read before.

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East Texas Heroine.......2007-09-11

Riley, an old farmer, doesn't think it's wise to take Peter Jones' wife to her mother-in-law since she is wearing Riley's shirt and packing Pete's .38, which she used to kill her husband.
The wind blew and Sunset Jones had had enough of her abusive husband. Marylin Jones, who owns three-quarters of the sawmill that keeps the town struggling along during the brutal depression in the East Texas hill country. Marylin pulls one and appoints her daughter-in-law to fulfill her husband's job as constable.
Joe R. Lansdale's noir tale of Jim Crow laws and the Klan has a surprise twist when Sunset takes her job seriously and wins against all odds. Not a lady to stay home and mind her knitting.
Lansdale is in a class by himself and worth every read from this talented, award winning author.
Nash Black, author of "Qualifying Laps" and "Sins of the Fathers."

The red hair is no lie.......2006-07-20

Joe R. Lansdale is in a genre all-his-own, a genre that for the most part focuses on East Texas and the characters who populate that neck of the woods. He sometimes writes with an eye on horror, and because horror wears many disguises, from zombies to child abusers to abject poverty itself, Mr. Lansdale's subject matter is often diverse and multi-faceted. But what remains unchanged throughout all his tales is the masterful story-telling, rich with human suffering and endurance. I sometimes feel as if I am reading an Erskine Caldwell or a John Steinbeck novel when reading Mr. Lansdale's work, though not because of style, mind you (Mr. Lansdale has a distinct style unique to him only), but because of the time-lines in American history in which these stories unfold, time-lines where poverty often plays a pivotal role in the story's primary conflict and resolution. Writing with an economic turn of word in _Sunset and Sawdust_, Mr. Lansdale captures an era in which practicing frugality was not an option but a necessity forced on a good many people across America, just as it is today in these inflationary times.

_Sunset and Sawdust_ unfolds during the Depression Era thirties in a sawmill town called Camp Rapture, a place peopled with the kinds of quirky characters Joe Lansdale is famous for creating. The first line in the book reads: On the afternoon it rained frogs, sun perch, and minnows, Sunset discovered she could take a beating good as Three-Fingered-Jack. And indeed our main character, Sunset Jones, does take a beating in more ways than one in this flavored tale about overcoming the odds. As the novel opens, red haired Sunset is living up to her crown-of-fire namesake when she takes one beating too many from her abusive husband Pete Jones, and shoots him in the head with his own .38, right when a mean cyclone is hitting the house, tearing it to shreds around her. (This is East Texas near the Sabine, where it can rain frogs and sun perch, and if the sheer heat, humidity, and bugs don't drive you crazy, an abusive husband certainly can, with or without tornadoes.)

Bruised and bloody from the severe beating she's taken Sunset staggers from the wreck of her home, nearly naked with a shard of broken glass embedded in her shoulder and Pete's revolver still dangling from her hand, and wanders out into the road. An old farmer named Riley, who is passing by in a wagon just then, sees her, offers her his shirt, and takes her to her mother-in-law's home when she requests the ride, though not without first commenting to her that he doesn't think it's a good idea to go to Marilyn Jones's under the circumstances. And while town matriarch Marilyn Jones is incensed over her son's killing, she eventually calms down and declares an uneasy truce between herself and Sunset by appointing Sunset the new constable of Camp Rapture, replacing the deceased Constable Pete Jones.

Equipped with her dead husband's .38 revolver holstered at her waist, Sunset undertakes her new job in earnest, surprising everyone in the process, most of all her mother-in-law, Marilyn. Moreover, when Sunset encounters the oil drenched bodies of a woman and an infant buried in a farmer's field in Camp Rapture, she dares to investigate the murders -- all this in the face of roiling opposition from the town leaders and mill workers, many who are Klan members intent on making Sunset accountable for Pete's death.

Some of the characters in _Sunset and Sawdust_ are Hillbilly, a charming ne'er-do-well hobo whom Sunset deputizes; Zendo, a farmer growing the best crops in the bottomlands where the oil drenched bodies are discovered; and Two, a nefarious, psychotic killer who almost seems supernatural, he's so creepy. But these are only a few of the many peculiar backwoods characters who people this engaging novel-with-a-social-message. Rich throughout the telling is Joe Lansdale's original and unflinching talent for turning prose into colloquialisms and dialogue into prose you will not soon forget.

Highly recommended reading.

Comedy Western.......2006-06-21

"Sunset and Sawdust" is fun to read, you will finish it quickly, root for the good guys (if you can trust `em), and look forward to seeing the movie version in the theater. The plot has twists, too many for willing suspense of disbelief, but maybe that's Landsdale's intent. The language is rich and transports the reader to the dusty hellhole (?) that was depression-era Texas. While some characters are cartoonish ("Two"), Sunset is well conceived and vividly drawn - a shoe in for a famous actress.

Poorly written and often in bad taste.......2005-09-11

Sunset and Sawdust is a mystery that takes place in East Texas during the Depression. Sunset Jones kills her abusive husband and becomes constable of the logging camp in his stead. When a dead baby is discovered, she begins an investigation that uncovers greed and villainy in the political structure and put her, and all she cares about, in grave danger.

The book jacket calls it a "wildly energetic novel--galvanizing from first to last". What the publishers call "energetic", I call overly fast paced to the point motion sickness; furthermore, I was galvanized to nothing except annoyance. Landsdale's descriptive style is generally crass and rude. Why use just a word when a cuss word or vulgar word can be put in. For example, a dying man thinks, "Goddamn, taken from behind, that's not right, not me, I'm always ready, but goddamn, I feel it, a knife in my back, tight as a bull's dick in a chicken's ass". Such needless vulgarity cheapened the scene, which should have been moving, as well as making it unrealistic. The overusage of "pussy", "bitch" and "dick" and over-focus on sex and attractive women made this appear to the be the work of a hormonal teenager.

Also unrealistic were some of the personal interactions. They seem stilted and fake, and in the case of Sunset and Lee, simply wrong. I found it extremely difficulty to believe that she could accept and trust him that quickly. With other relationships, the dynamics (Two and McBride for instance, or Hillbilly's ability to snow everyone he met) did not have the ring of truth.

In addition, Landsdale's use of run-ons, lack of conjunctures and overall poor writing skills were simply tiresome. This is the writer that has won six Bram Stoker Awards as well as three other awards? Perhaps I've caught him on a bad day. All I can say is that his style is not to my taste and the only thing that kept me reading was curiosity about the murder. I shouldn't have wasted my time, as the outcome followed true to the rest of the book and was a great disappointment.

the most enjoyable book I've read this year.......2005-08-27

The most gritty, enlightening and exciting piece of crime writing I have read since my last James Ellroy. Full of cracking one liners, unforgettable characters and, as all good fiction should have, a darn good dog.

When Sunset shoots her husband during one of his frequent sessions of beating her she takes over his job as town constable and the whole community is electrified with tension. When she discovers the bodies of a mother and baby in a black farmer's field you just know everything is going to kick off.

Set in Southern USA during the Depression the book tackles racism and sexism with a force, and a sense of humour, that most books shy away from. I haven't enjoyed a book as much as this all year.

(And yes, the dog gets it)

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Sunset And Sawdust
Joe R. Lansdale
Manufacturer: Vintage
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Sunset and Sawdust
Joe R. Lansdale
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Audio CD Version.......2006-10-20

Sunset and Sawdust is a great book. The narrator, though, is not consistent with keeping her "voices" straight. I wish she'd just read it as her voice and accent are great.

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Sunset and Sawdust
Joe R. Lansdale
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Sunset and Sawdust
Joe R. Lansdale
Manufacturer: Weidenfeld & Nicholson
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ASIN: 0297829645

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Joe R. Landsdale's new novel is a gripping crime thriller set in Texas at the start of the 1930s oil boom. When Pete Jones, the local constable, is shot dead, his widow, Sunset, finds herself in his job, investigating a series of brutal murders. Most of the townsfolk object to her wearing Pete's gun and badge, some because this is the 1930s and they think a woman's place is in the home, others because it was Sunset who blew off Pete's head in the first place. As much a modern western as a murder mystery, SUNSET & SAWDUST features a cast of outlandish characters -- gun-men, hobos, sheriffs, hookers, migrants and coloured families struggling to make living under the malevolent eyes of the Ku Klux Klan. Sunset's investigation leads her and her friends into a labyrinth of greed, corruption, and unspeakable malice. Nothing and no-one are quite what they seem in Texas. SUNSET & SAWDUST is a wildly energetic novel and Sunset Jones is an unforgettable heroine.

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Sunset And Sawdust
JOE, R. LANSDALE
Manufacturer: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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