Why read Savage Season?

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Here comes Trudy back into Hap's life, thirty-six but looking ten years younger, with long blonde hair and legs that begin under her chin, and the kind of walk that'll make a man run his car off the road. Here comes trouble, says Leonard, and he's right. She was always…

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2 authors picked Savage Season as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Matthew Harffy

Author

In this first novel in his long-running series, Lansdale introduces us to his wonderful characters, Hap Collins and Leonard Pike, who get drawn into a poorly conceived plot to find a stash of money lost after a long-ago bank heist.

Hap and Leonard are unlikely heroes, but their camaraderie and banter make them irresistible and as they get deeper and deeper into trouble you can’t help rooting for them. Lansdale’s writing it whip-sharp, funny, and lyrical, with dialogue that will make you gasp with delight at its audacity.

From Matthew's 3 favorite reads in 2023.

Amer Anwar

Author

The first book in the Hap and Leonard series sees unlikely best friends Hap Collins and Leonard Pine mixed up in the hunt for some missing stolen loot.

Set in East Texas, it’s the friendship between the two main characters that is so brilliantly conveyed in this and the subsequent books in the series that make it really stand out.

Their dry humour, constant ribbing, and put-downs of each other ring so true of and really reminded me of my own close friendships.

This book got me to look at my own friendships as inspiration for the characters I write…

From Amer's list on ex-con characters you can’t help but root for.