FREETHE TWO-BEAR MAMBO EBOOK Joe R Lansdale | 273 pages | 05 May 2009 | Random House USA Inc | 9780307455499 | English | New York, United States "Hap and Leonard" The Two-Bear Mambo (TV Episode ) - IMDb It is the third book in his Hap and Leonard series. Hap's African American ex-girlfriend set out to attempt to recover the long lost tapes of a deceased bluesman in a Ku Klux Klan infested town in The Two-Bear Mambo Texas. After she goes missing, her current boyfriend enlists Hap and Leonard to find out what happened to her. Needless to ,they run into a lot of The Two-Bear Mambo. The town locals do not care and local law enforcement views it as a The Two-Bear Mambo crime not worthy of investigating. Hap, and especially Leonard, are viewed as outside meddlers who should go back to where they came from. The book was originally published as a trade hardcover by Mysterious Press which is now out of print. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book The Two-Bear Mambo. Florida Grange, Leonard's drop-dead gorgeous lawyer and Hap's former lover, has vanished in Klan- infested Grovetown while in pursuit of the real story behind the The Two-Bear Mambo death of a legendary bluesman's blackguard son. Fearing the worst, Hap and Leonard set out to do The Two-Bear Mambo kind of investigating The Two-Bear Mambo good ole boy cops can't - or won't - do. In Grovetown they encounter a redne Florida Grange, Leonard's drop-dead gorgeous lawyer and Hap's former lover, has vanished in Klan-infested Grovetown while in pursuit of the real story behind the jailhouse death of a legendary bluesman's blackguard son. In Grovetown they encounter a redneck police chief, a sadistic Christmas tree grower, and townsfolk itchin' for a lynchin'. Add to this a dark night exhumation in a voodoo graveyard, a thunderstorm of Biblical proportions, and flat-out sudden murder. Hap and Leonard vow to face the hate and find Florida, even if Leonard has to put a hole in anyone who gets in the way. Besides, they've packed a lunch. Get A Copy. Published The Two-Bear Mambo 20th The Two-Bear Mambo Phoenix first published More Details Original Title. Hap and Leonard 3. Hap CollinsLeonard Pine. Other Editions The Two-Bear Mambo. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Two-Bear Mamboplease sign up. Is it OK to read this book on its own? Without reading the previous Hap and Leonard books? Or is too much lost? Mark Weaver Each Hap and Leonard story stand on their own, but the stories are chronological and you get the background of how they got to where they are in this …more Each Hap and Leonard story stand on their own, but the stories are chronological and you get the background of how they got to where they are in this story. I like the first two a lot, but this one was really good. I can't wait to start the fourth in the series. See 2 questions about The Two-Bear Mambo…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Hap's ex-girlfirend Florida disappears while investigating the murder of blues musician's son. Hap and Leonard, on behalf of Marvin Hanson, go to Grovetown, The Two-Bear Mambo racist hive of scum and villainy, to investigate. Will they find Florida and bring her back? In this, the third Hap and Leonard book, the boys go looking for Florida, Hap's ex and the current girlfriend o Hap's ex-girlfirend Florida disappears The Two-Bear Mambo investigating the murder of blues musician's son. In this, the third Hap and Leonard book, the boys go looking for Florida, Hap's ex and the current girlfriend of Marvin Hanson, their detective friend. Florida went to the most racist town in Texas investigating a jailhouse suicide that may have been murder and wound up missing. The boys don't actually do a The Two-Bear Mambo lot of detective work in this one. They mostly crack wise and get their asses handed The Two-Bear Mambo them. I'd forgotten the beatings Hap and Leonard take in earlier books. Grovetown seems like a horrible place, backward and racist, but all too plausible. Lansdale peoples it with interesting characters, most of them with hidden depths. Since it's been at least a decade since I read this the first time, I'd forgotten most of the wrinkles of the plot and was pretty surprised by the ending. The Lansdale wit is in full effect in this one. Even after reading mostly Lansdale in recent days, I still find myself surprised at his skill with colorful similes, like Raymond Chandler drenched in Miller High Life. While it wasn't my favorite Lansdale book, The Two-Bear Mambo was still a very solid read, even The Two-Bear Mambo second time. Four out of five stars. View all 5 comments. Another great adventure with my buddies Hap Collins and Leonard Pine! Leonard has a The Two- Bear Mambo boyfriend but is still surly, having just burnt down the neighborhood crack house for the third Christmas Eve in a row. But to stay out of jail this time, Leonard and Hap agree to help their friend Marvin locate his girlfriend Florida Grange, who happens to be Leonard's old lawyer and Hap's former sweet thang. The stakes are pretty high though this go round because Florida, an attractive black woman, was last Another great adventure with my buddies Hap Collins and Leonard Pine! The stakes are pretty high though this go round because Florida, an attractive black woman, was last seen in Grovetown, which is not only being threatened by heavy rains and flooding, but which also happens to be the most scummy hotbucket of racism this side of Texas, which doesn't bode well for an ex-hippie and his black, gay best friend with a hot temper. He's all mopey and shit. Today is the anniversary of when we met, and he wanted us to go out to dinner, go to a movie, do some serious fucking. I wanted us to do that The Two-Bear Mambo, but I didn't want it getting in the way of me killing somebody. Again, there's a great cast of colorful characters that really stand out Charlie really flew off the page this time and in three books I've developed The Two-Bear Mambo real fondness for Hap and Leonard, I don't want them hurt, and I'm invested in their adventures. Lansdale created something special with this series and these characters so far. Just some humans are better humans than others, but the best humans are still just human. View all 6 comments. Jul 02, Kemper rated it really liked it Shelves: hap-leonardcrime- mysteryhumorredneckschampion-mojo-storyteller. Since this is the third time The Two-Bear Mambo has torched it, the cops are a little miffed even though he always pulls The Two-Bear Mambo drug dealers out of the fire. Police lieutenant Hanson offers to help get Leonard off the hook for his pyromania if the guys will look for his girlfriend, Florida, who has gone missing while poking around the story of the relative of a legendary bluesman who allegedly committed suicide while in jail. Hap and Leonard are tough, but can they take on an entire town? Lansdale has a knack for making violence and its aftermath seem genuine and horrifying while not getting bogged down in faux angst about it. Dec 20, Mike rated it really liked it. Our intrepid misanthrope heroes are asked by local cop Hanson to travel to mostly racist Grovetown, TX. Job - to look into the whereabouts of Florida, lawyer and lover of both Hap and the cop. She's researching a story about a black man killed while in police custody. I find The Two-Bear Mambo alternately shaking my head in their antics, The Two-Bear Mambo chuckling over the dialogue and action. Hap talking to Chief of Police Cantuck: "We're looking The Two-Bear Mambo a friend of ours," I The Two-Bear Mambo, "and we thought you might know something ab Our intrepid misanthrope heroes are asked by local cop Hanson to travel to mostly racist Grovetown, TX.