Savage Season: The First Hap and Leonard Novel Audiobook, by Joe R. Lansdale Play Audiobook Sample

Savage Season: The First Hap and Leonard Novel Audiobook

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Read By: Phil Gigante Publisher: Brilliance Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 3.33 hours at 1.5x Speed 2.50 hours at 2.0x Speed Series: The Hap and Leonard Series Release Date: January 2009 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781423383888

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

30

Longest Chapter Length:

23:52 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

04:06 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

10:04 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

39

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Publisher Description

A rip-roaring, high-octane, Texas-sized thriller, featuring two friends, one vixen, a crew of washed-up radicals, loads of money, and bloody mayhem. Hap Collins and Leonard Pine are best friends, yet they couldn’t be more different. Hap is an East Texas white boy with a weakness for Texas women. Leonard is a black, gay Vietnam vet. Together, they stir up more commotion than a fire storm. But that’s just the way they like it. So when as ex-flame of Hap’s returns promising a huge score, Hap lets Leonard in on the scam, and that’s when things get interesting. Chockful of action and laughs, Savage Season is the masterpiece of dark suspense that introduced Hap and Leonard to the thriller scene. It hasn’t been the same since. "The most consistently original and originally visceral writer the great state of Texas (or any other state for that matter) has seen in a score of flashpoint summers." - The Austin Chronicle "Lansdale has an unsettling sensibility. Be thankful he crafts such wild tall tales." - Chicago Sun-Times

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"Very interesting main characters. Kind of a crazy plot with old hippies becoming armed revolutionaries so as to fix society. I loved the banter between Hap and Leonard, seemed spot on to me as banter between two dudes who are constantly ribbing each other. The train wreck could be seen coming from a mile away, but it was an intersting crash. Pretty graphic story, all the way around, but related in a very easy going matter of fact way. The humanity and understanding shown by Hap and Leonard make the bitterness go down easy."

— Leonardo (4 out of 5 stars)

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  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Audio... Fun book. Enjoyed the one liners... "

    — MM32, 12/13/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Thanks God there are writers like Lansdale! I just couldn't stop laughing! It really made my day :) "

    — Samwhity, 11/1/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " it took a while to get into it, almost halfway through to get to the point. but lansdale is a good writer regardless. kind of reminds me of how i write all over the place but with a point. "

    — Marissa, 10/7/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Fantastic book, and a great start to the Hap and Leonard series. Lansdale writes the characters into reality. The narrative voice of Hap reads exactly the way it should, and the pacing is excellent. Love it. "

    — G.N., 3/15/2013
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " I loved this book. The back and forth quips between Hap and Leonard were great, exactly the way two best friends act with each other. "

    — Randy, 1/23/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " It's a Joe Lansdale book, and as usual, I was captured from start to finish. Funny, profound and irresistable characters. "

    — Robin, 12/26/2012
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Joe Lansdale always delivers a rip-roaring good time. It took me a while to get to his Hap and Leonard books, but I'm glad to be here now. Just finished the first, getting ready to crack the second. These are fun reads: chock-full of East Texas soul and good old boys with great big hearts. "

    — Jason, 10/8/2012
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " This was a good thriller, a good entertainment. Very good for its genre. "

    — Wampus, 12/6/2011
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    " Hugely entertaining buddy series "

    — Justin, 10/11/2011
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    " the first of the hap collins (progressive redneck) and leonard pine (conservative gay black man) crime mysteries set in texas. quick, witty and engrossing book. "

    — Douglas, 2/12/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " There's nothing I don't love about Hap and Leonard... "

    — Andrea, 10/25/2010
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    " Hilarious! Best dialogue and brilliantly clever writing. "

    — Brandi, 10/1/2010
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Audio version read by Phil Gigante "

    — Linda, 6/8/2010
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    " Liked the book liked the two main characters really didn't like the ex and her cohorts "

    — John, 4/15/2010
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Audio Book. I liked the witty banter, and the story but one of the heroes, Hap collins is a tree hugging hippy who went to prison for dodging the draft. I find it hard get behind that kind of hero, oh and he's 40. Almost too old. "

    — Jake, 3/24/2010
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Slooooooowwwwwww "

    — Timothy, 10/8/2009
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " A great little thriller, though a bit predictable. What makes it so great is Lansdale's impeccably cool and witty style coupled with his creations of Hap and Leonard. "

    — Noah, 2/9/2009

About Joe R. Lansdale

Joe R. Lansdale is the author of nearly four dozen novels, including the Edgar Award–winning The Bottoms. He has received nine Bram Stoker Awards, the American Mystery Award, the British Fantasy Award, a Critics’ Choice Award, and the Grinzane Cavour Prize for Literature, among others. His novella Bubba Ho-Tep was adapted to film by Don Coscarelli.

About Phil Gigante

Phil Gigante has narrated more than two hundred audiobooks, earning ten AudioFile Earphones Awards and three of the prestigious Audie Awards for best narration. An actor, director, and producer with over twenty years of experience in theater, film, television, and radio, he is currently the artistic director of Gigantic Productions and Little Giant Children’s Theatre.