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A rollicking novel about Nat Love, an African-American cowboy with a famous nickname: Deadwood Dick.
Young Willie is on the run, having fled his small Texas farm when an infamous local landowner murdered his father. A man named Loving takes him in and trains him in the fine arts of shooting, riding, reading, and gardening. When Loving dies, Willie re-christens himself Nat Love in tribute to his mentor, and heads west.
In Deadwood, South Dakota Territory, Nat becomes a Buffalo Soldier and is befriended by Wild Bill Hickok. After winning a famous shooting match, Nat's peerless marksmanship and charm earn him the nickname Deadwood Dick, as well as a beautiful woman. But the hellhounds are still on his trail, and they brutally attack Nat Love's love. Pursuing the men who have driven his wife mad, Nat heads south for a final, deadly showdown against those who would strip him of his home, his love, his freedom, and his life.
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"Too often overlooked in American literature is that lineage descending from our early humorists such as Bierce, and from Twain: regional, darkly comic, bizarre. That's where Joe Lansdale lives. He's very Texan, very American, very funny--and a stone brilliant writer."
— James Sallis, author of Drive
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“Folksy, cinematic…Lansdale fills his pages with true-hearted heroes, dastardly scoundrels, and rollicking adventures.”
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“Paradise Sky is a rowdy, funny, suspenseful, and often quite moving yarn.”
— Booklist (starred review) -
“This fast-paced Western with its multicultural cast of characters is a winner.”
— Library Journal (starred review) -
“Paradise Sky goes down smooth and easy as a vintage sarsaparilla.”
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Classic Lansdale, his own self peppered throughout by much piney backwoods philosophizing on everything from religion to whoring, [with] the author's long-ago trademarked heaping helping of wry, often delightfully vulgar humanism.
— Austin Chronicle -
"Paradise Sky is a rowdy, funny, suspenseful, and often quite moving yarn.
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Reading Joe Lansdale is like listening to a favorite uncle who just happens to be a fabulous storyteller.
— Dean Koontz
Awards
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A Library Journal Best Book of 2015 in Historical Fiction
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A 2016 RUSA Reading List Shortlist Selection
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About Joe R. Lansdale
Ramón de Ocampo, an Earphones Award-winning narrator, was a cowinner in 2018 of the Audie Award for Best Multi-Voiced Performance. A graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, he has been seen on television, film, and stages all over the world, including recurring roles on such television shows as The West Wing, 12 Monkeys, Sons of Anarchy, and Medium. He is the winner of a prestigious Obie Award for his stage work.
About Brad Sanders
Suehyla El-Attar Young is an actress and writer based in Atlanta, Georgia. She dabbled in radio for a bit, working with several well-known stations as a morning news personality and DJ. Eventually, she returned to acting, on stage and in film. She has nurtured both crafts of acting and writing, working with local companies such as Theatre du Reve, Synchronicity Theatre, the Alliance Theatre Company, and Horizon Theatre Company as dramaturge, actress, and playwright on several projects.