{"product_id":"the-thicket-031618845x-used","title":"The Thicket","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 031618845X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lansdale, Joe R.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove and vengeance at the dark dawn of the East Texas oil boom from Joe Lansdale, \"a true American original\" (Joe Hill, author of Heart-Shaped Box).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.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).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.In The Thicket, award-winning novelist Joe R. Lansdale lets loose like never before, in a rip-roaring adventure equal parts True Grit and Stand by Me - - 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\" (New York Times Book Review).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67882758340896,"sku":"USED031618845X","price":9.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71hFQj_tNXL_28c29c35-506c-404b-afd1-a7a3e6cb8726.jpg?v=1792500533","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-thicket-031618845x-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}