Paradise Sky

Now, in the living of my life, I've killed deadly men and dangerous animals and made love to four Chinese women, all of them on the same night and in the same wagon bed, and one of them with a wooden leg, which made things a mite difficult from time to time. I even ate some of a dead fellow......more

In Paradise Sky, Lansdale recounts the early exploits of a black folk hero of the Old West named Nat Love. The amount to which Lansdale chooses to embellish the historical record is of no concern to me since I read purely for the entertainment value. The narrative opens with young Willie being invit......more

Brilliant western action from Joe Lansdale, where we get to ride the trail with legendary black cowboy Nat Love.  As a big fan of Western movies like Fistful of Dollars and the Outlaw Josie Wales I thought it was long overdue I broadened my literary horizons with a good book.  Paradise Sky was a fan......more

I only just started reading Joe Lansdale's books. I devoured THE BOTTOMS last year and it quickly moved up onto the bookshelf in my reader's heart that keeps all my favorite books. This book, PARADISE SKY, is the compelling tale of a young man named Willie Jackson in a very unforgiving time for an A......more

5 Stars for Paradise Sky (audiobook) by Joe R. Lansdale read by Brad Sanders. I loved this tribute to the African American Cowboy Nat Love. Lansdale does an amazing job of balancing grittiness, brutalness and quirkiness. His stories are so hard hitting action filled and the characters are great.......more