{"product_id":"9780292777965","title":"Sanctified and Chicken-Fried: The Portable Lansdale","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaster of mojo storytelling, spinner of over-the-top yarns of horror, suspense, humor, mystery, science fiction, and even the Old West, Joe R. Lansdale has attracted a wide and enthusiastic following. His genre-defying work has brought him numerous awards, including the Grand Master of Horror from the World Horror Convention, the Edgar Award, the American Horror Award, seven Bram Stoker awards, the British Fantasy Award, Italy's Grinzane Prize for Literature, as well as Notable Book of the Year recognition twice from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSanctified and Chicken-Fried\u003c\/i\u003e is the first \"true best of Lansdale\" anthology. It brings together a unique mix of well-known short stories and excerpts from his acclaimed novels, along with new and previously unpublished material. In this collection of gothic tales that explore the dark and sometimes darkly humorous side of life and death, you'll meet traveling preachers with sinister agendas, towns lost to time, teenagers out for a good time who get more than they bargain for, and gangsters and strange goings-on at the end of the world. Out of the blender of Lansdale's imagination spew tall tales about men and mules, hogs and races, that are, in his words, \"the equivalent of Aesop meets Flannery O'Connor on a date with William Faulkner, the events recorded by James M. Cain.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you're a long-time fan of Joe R. Lansdale or just discovering his work, this anthology brings you the best of a writer whom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e has praised for having \"a folklorist's eye for telling detail and a front-porch raconteur's sense of pace.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103116247280,"sku":"9780292777965","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780292777965_p0.jpg?v=1769916084","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780292777965","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}