Mucho Mojo (Hap and Leonard #2)
It is one thing to renovate a house to sell it. It is another to cut down the walls and risk discovering hidden skeletons...
Though the first novel set a good stage, this one really delivers on the promise. Hap & Leonard are quite the pair and you can't help but love them. Lansdale has honed his writing with this one and the pacing is top notch. THe added element of mystery keeps the reader interested throughout.
"There's no balance in having a good side when you got the other side he had. Hell, you don't know he had a good side. He had a good front, man. That guy had more masks than a gaggle of trick-or-treaters."Mucho Mojo (much bad magic) follows two crime-solving best friends, Hap Collins and Leonard Pine, shortly after the events in book one. Hap owes Leonard after what happened, so when Leonard shows up at the rose fields asking for his help.. Hap can't refuse. Not that he would want to.Leonard's
Sometimes it happens with me. Im reading a book, often two, even enjoying both, and I come across a book Id read long ago and--zap!--Im in reread mode. Hence my reintroduction to Mucho Mojo. Not that the rereading wasnt in order. Its next in line to be adapted for the TV series on the Sundance Channel, and it had always been my favorite Hap and Leonard anyway. Reason enough. So this reading just happened ahead of schedule. But, even though it was second entry in the series, Mucho Mojo was my
A fine book and fun. Lansdale knows how to put a sentence together. Although sometimes he doesn't know how to put a chapter together. There were chapters devoted to romance that were awkward and forced, and the same goes for a chapter dealing with the duo mulling over Leonard's homosexuality. I would have liked the ending to be a little less obvious as well (and I rarely see an ending coming). This is the third Lansdale I've read and none of them have wowed me. I think I need to try some
Very enjoyable read in the amateur detective genre. Not a very complex story but the interaction and dialogue between the two main characters is pure gold and the best part of the book. Quite a bit of non-PC content, so not for the easily-triggered. "Mucho Mojo" is #2 in the "Hap & Leonard" series and I picked this without having read the first one because of the higher GR rating. Will definitely be checking out others in the series, though.
Watching the very good adaptation of Joe Lansdale's Cold in July the other night reminded me that I always meant to get stuck in to a second Hap & Leonard story after only finding the first one so-so, I;m very happy to say that Lansdale really stepped it up a gear second time out to bat with Mucho Mojo. Man I love me a mixed sporting metaphor.Hap and Leonard, a black guy and a white guy, a gay guy and a straight guy, two assholes who don't necessarily have a heart of gold or agree with each
Joe R. Lansdale
Paperback | Pages: 308 pages Rating: 4.12 | 4814 Users | 371 Reviews
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Original Title: | Mucho Mojo |
ISBN: | 0753816695 (ISBN13: 9780753816691) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Hap and Leonard #2 |
Characters: | Hap Collins, Leonard Pine |
Setting: | Nacogdoches, Texas(United States) Texas(United States) |
Interpretation Concering Books Mucho Mojo (Hap and Leonard #2)
Inheriting one hundred thousand dollars and a small hiccup of a house in a dilapidated district is not so bad, and Uncle Chester made a nice gift of it to his nephew Leonard... though the clean-up is intensive, the floor is Rotten, and the neighbors are something from a nightmare.It is one thing to renovate a house to sell it. It is another to cut down the walls and risk discovering hidden skeletons...
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Title | : | Mucho Mojo (Hap and Leonard #2) |
Author | : | Joe R. Lansdale |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 308 pages |
Published | : | April 3rd 2003 by Phoenix (first published 1994) |
Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Thriller. Noir. Humor |
Rating Out Of Books Mucho Mojo (Hap and Leonard #2)
Ratings: 4.12 From 4814 Users | 371 ReviewsRate Out Of Books Mucho Mojo (Hap and Leonard #2)
While SAVAGE SEASON, the first appearance of Hap and Leonard, was kind of a "caper" novel, this one is more a straight-up mystery. Well, as "straight-up" as you could expect from Lansdale, anyway... and if you know Lansdale, you know he doesn't really do "straight-up". Leonard's uncle dies, leaving Leonard a house, lots of money, and a dead boy hidden under the floorboards, along with an assortment of moldering kiddie porn mags. This unsavory discovery sets Leonard and Hap on a quest to clearThough the first novel set a good stage, this one really delivers on the promise. Hap & Leonard are quite the pair and you can't help but love them. Lansdale has honed his writing with this one and the pacing is top notch. THe added element of mystery keeps the reader interested throughout.
"There's no balance in having a good side when you got the other side he had. Hell, you don't know he had a good side. He had a good front, man. That guy had more masks than a gaggle of trick-or-treaters."Mucho Mojo (much bad magic) follows two crime-solving best friends, Hap Collins and Leonard Pine, shortly after the events in book one. Hap owes Leonard after what happened, so when Leonard shows up at the rose fields asking for his help.. Hap can't refuse. Not that he would want to.Leonard's
Sometimes it happens with me. Im reading a book, often two, even enjoying both, and I come across a book Id read long ago and--zap!--Im in reread mode. Hence my reintroduction to Mucho Mojo. Not that the rereading wasnt in order. Its next in line to be adapted for the TV series on the Sundance Channel, and it had always been my favorite Hap and Leonard anyway. Reason enough. So this reading just happened ahead of schedule. But, even though it was second entry in the series, Mucho Mojo was my
A fine book and fun. Lansdale knows how to put a sentence together. Although sometimes he doesn't know how to put a chapter together. There were chapters devoted to romance that were awkward and forced, and the same goes for a chapter dealing with the duo mulling over Leonard's homosexuality. I would have liked the ending to be a little less obvious as well (and I rarely see an ending coming). This is the third Lansdale I've read and none of them have wowed me. I think I need to try some
Very enjoyable read in the amateur detective genre. Not a very complex story but the interaction and dialogue between the two main characters is pure gold and the best part of the book. Quite a bit of non-PC content, so not for the easily-triggered. "Mucho Mojo" is #2 in the "Hap & Leonard" series and I picked this without having read the first one because of the higher GR rating. Will definitely be checking out others in the series, though.
Watching the very good adaptation of Joe Lansdale's Cold in July the other night reminded me that I always meant to get stuck in to a second Hap & Leonard story after only finding the first one so-so, I;m very happy to say that Lansdale really stepped it up a gear second time out to bat with Mucho Mojo. Man I love me a mixed sporting metaphor.Hap and Leonard, a black guy and a white guy, a gay guy and a straight guy, two assholes who don't necessarily have a heart of gold or agree with each
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