From
the inside flap
“Hap
and Leonard are an unlikely pair ─ Hap, a self-proclaimed white trash rebel,
and Leonard, a tough-as-nails black gay Vietnam vet and Republican ─ but they’re
the closest friend either of them has in the world. Hap is celebrating his
wedding to his longtime girlfriend, when their backyard barbecue is interrupted
by a couple of Pentecostal white supremacists. They’re not too happy to see
Leonard, and no one is happy to see them, but they have a problem and they want
Hap and Leonard to solve it.
“Judith
Mulhaney’s daughter, Jackrabbit, has been missing for five years. That is, she’s
been missing from her family for five years, but she’s been missing from
everyboy, including the local no-goods they knew ran with her, for a few
months. Despite their misgivings, Hap and Leonard take the case. It isn’t long
until they find themselves mied up in a revivialist cult believing that Jesus
will return glanced by an army of lizard-men, and solving a murder to boot.”
Review
Like its
prequel novel, Rusty Puppy, Jackrabbit
is one of the lighter entries in the Hap and Leonard series. It is,
as are the other related books, an engaging read, with its smart-aleck levity,
intriguing characters, heart and violent darkness. Another great,
scorch-through tale, this. Jackrabbit
is, of course, worth owning.
Followed by The Elephant of Surprise.
Followed by The Elephant of Surprise.
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