{"product_id":"book-b776","title":"The Thicket","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLove and vengeance at the dark dawn of the East Texas oil boom from Joe Lansdale, \"a true American original\" (Joe Hill, author of \u003ci\u003eHeart-Shaped Box\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jack Parker thought he'd already seen his fair share of tragedy. His grandmother was killed in a farm accident when he was barely five years old. His parents have just succumbed to the smallpox epidemic sweeping turn-of-the-century East Texas - orphaning him and his younger sister, Lula. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Then catastrophe strikes on the way to their uncle's farm, when a traveling group of bank-robbing bandits murder Jack's grandfather and kidnap his sister. With no elders left for miles, Jack must grow up fast and enlist a band of heroes the likes of which has never been seen if his sister stands any chance at survival. But the best he can come up with is a charismatic, bounty-hunting dwarf named Shorty, a grave-digging son of an ex-slave named Eustace, and a street-smart woman-for-hire named Jimmie Sue who's come into some very intimate knowledge about the bandits (and a few members of Jack's extended family to boot).  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the throes of being civilized, East Texas is still a wild, feral place. Oil wells spurt liquid money from the ground. But as Jack's about to find out, blood and redemption rule supreme.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Thicket\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning novelist Joe R. Lansdale lets loose like never before, in a rip-roaring adventure equal parts \u003ci\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStand by Me\u003c\/i\u003e - - the perfect introduction to an acclaimed writer whose work has been called \"as funny and frightening as anything that could have been dreamed up by the Brothers Grimm - or Mark Twain\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49349725815088,"sku":"BDb776","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/b776-Square-cover.jpg?v=1778115820","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-b776","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}