Rumble Tumble
1998 novel by Joe R. Lansdale
Rumble Tumble is a 1998 suspense crime novel written by American author Joe R. Lansdale. It is the fifth in the series of his Hap and Leonard mysteries. According to WorldCat, it is held in 573 libraries.[1]
Plot summary
The story centers around Hap's girlfriend Brett's daughter Tillie, who has spent the majority of her adult life as a prostitute, and is suffering abuse at the hands of her pimp. Hap and Leonard attempt to rescue her, and come into conflict with the Dixie Mafia as a result. The two protagonists end up traveling from Oklahoma to the Mexican border, with much violence taking place along with way.[2][3]
Editions
This book was initially published as a limited edition by Subterranean Press and then as a trade hardcover by Mysterious Press. Both of these editions are out of print. Vintage Crime/Black Lizard published a trade paperback in 2009.[4][5]
References
External links
- Author's Official Website
- Paperback Publisher's website
- Author's Publisher Website
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Works by Joe R. Lansdale
- Savage Season (1990)
- Mucho Mojo (1994)
- The Two-Bear Mambo (1995)
- Bad Chili (1997)
- Rumble Tumble (1998)
- Veil's Visit: a Taste of Hap and Leonard (1999)
- Captains Outrageous (2001)
- Vanilla Ride (2009)
- Devil Red (2011)
- Hyenas: a Hap and Leonard Novella (2011)
- Dead Aim (2013)
- Briar Patch Boogie: A Hap and Leonard Novelette (2015)
- Honky Tonk Samurai (2016)
- Hap and Leonard Ride Again (2016)
- Hoodoo Harry (2016)
- Coco Butternut: A Hap and Leonard Novella (2017)
- Rusty Puppy (Hap Collins and Leonard Pine) (2017)
- Hap and Leonard: Blood and Lemonade (2017)
- Cold Cotton: A Hap and Leonard Novella (2017)
- Jackrabbit Smile (2018)
- The Elephant of Surprise (2019)
- The Big Book of Hap and Leonard (2019)
- Of Mice and Minestrone: Hap and Leonard: The Early Years (2020)
- Born for Trouble: The Further Adventures of Hap and Leonard (2022)
- Act of Love (1981)
- Texas Night Riders (1983)
- Dead in the West (1986)
- The Magic Wagon (1986)
- The Nightrunners (1987)
- Cold in July (1989)
- Tarzan: The Lost Adventure (1995)
- The Boar (1998)
- Freezer Burn (1999)
- Waltz of Shadows (1999)
- The Big Blow (2000)
- Blood Dance (2000)
- The Bottoms (2000)
- A Fine Dark Line (2002)
- Sunset and Sawdust (2004)
- Lost Echoes (2007)
- Leather Maiden (2008)
- All the Earth, Thrown to the Sky (2011)
- Edge of Dark Water (2012)
- In Waders from Mars (2012)
- The Thicket (2013)
- Paradise Sky (2015)
- Fender Lizards (2015)
- Hell's Bounty (2016)
- Bubba and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers (2017)
- Jane Goes North (2020)
- More Better Deals (2020)
- Big Lizard (2020)
- Moon Lake (2021)
- The Donut Legion (2023)
- On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks (1989)
- Bubba Ho-Tep (1994)
- Something Lumber This Way Comes (1999)
- Under the Warrior Star (2010)
- Christmas with the Dead (2010)
- A Bone Dead Sadness (2012)
- The Ape Man's Brother (2013)
- Hot in December (2013)
- Prisoner 489 (2014)
- Black Hat Jack (2014)
- By Bizarre Hands (1989)
- Stories by Mama Lansdale's Youngest Boy (1991)
- Bestsellers Guaranteed (1993)
- Electric Gumbo: A Lansdale Reader (1994)
- Writer of the Purple Rage (1994)
- The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent (1996)
- Private Eye Action, as You Like It (1998)
- Atomic Chili (1998)
- The Long Ones (1999)
- Triple Feature (1999)
- High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale (2000)
- For a Few Stories More (2002)
- A Little Green Book of Monster Stories (2003)
- Bumper Crop (2004)
- Mad Dog Summer and Other Stories (2004)
- The King and Other Stories (2005)
- The God of the Razor (2007)
- The Shadows, Kith and Kin (2007)
- Sanctified and Chicken Fried (2009)
- Unchained and Unhinged (2009)
- The Best of Joe R. Lansdale (2010)
- Deadman's Road (2010)
- By Bizarre Hands Rides Again (2010)
- Trapped in the Saturday Matinee (2012)
- Bleeding Shadows (2013)
- A Pair of Aces (2014)
- The Tall Grass and Other Stories (2015)
- Dead on the Bones: Pulp on Fire (2016)
- Terror is Our Business (2018)
- Crawling Sky (2013)
- Jonah Hex: Shadows West (2014)
- Retro-Pulp Tales (2006)
- Son of Retro Pulp Tales (2009)
- Mark Stone: MIA Hunter
