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The BottomsJoe R. Lansdale

The Bottoms

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Its 1933 in East Texas and the Depression lingers in the air like a slow moving storm. When a young Harry Collins and his little sister stumble across the body of a black woman who has been savagely mutilated and left to die in the bottoms of the Sabine River, their small town is instantly charged with tension. When a second body turns up, this time of a white woman, there is little Harry can do from stopping his Klan neighbors from lynching an innocent black man. Together with his younger sister, Harry sets out to discover who the real killer is, and to do so they will search for a truth…

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9 editions
  • Audiobook · English · 2003
    Sound Library · 9780792730699
  • Audiobook · English · 2001
    Sound Library · 9780792724599
  • Paperback · English · 2001
    Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) · 320 pages · 9780753814369
  • Ebook · English · 2001
    Grand Central Publishing · 9780446960885
  • Hardcover · English · 2000
    Subterranean Press · 350 pages · 9781892284617
  • Other · English · 2010
    Vintage Crime · 328 pages · 9780307475268
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