The Two-Bear Mambo

"Perilous hunt through redneck East Texas by odd couple--black/white, gay/straight--for gorgeous black lawyer gone missing while investigating the jailhouse death (most likely murder) of legendary blues singer's money-grabbing son who may have been sitting on a pile of daddy's unpublished songs. Obstacles en route include black-hating township which ignores Civil Rights legislation, murderous cops and the worst floods in living memory. Tough, funny, violent, with more to say about justice, sexuality and male bonding than many more prestigious novels which flaunt their sensitivity on their sleeves. Uncommonly fluent narrative which spells out a bloody plot as fully as needs be, but which rates action above elucidation."Joe R. Lansdale is the author of 'The Two-Bear Mambo', published 1995 under ISBN 9780892964918 and ISBN 089296491X.