

Jane Goes North
Author: Joe R. Lansdale
Narrator: Kasey Lansdale
Unabridged: 4 hr 50 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 03/31/2020
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
Author: Joe R. Lansdale
Narrator: Kasey Lansdale
Unabridged: 4 hr 50 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 03/31/2020
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over thirty novels and numerous short stories. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. His work has been collected in eighteen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies. Lansdale has received the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature, the Herodotus Historical Fiction Award, the Inkpot Award for Contributions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, and many others.
Kasey Lansdale, first published at the tender age of eight by Random House, is the author of several short stories and novellas, as well as the editor of assorted anthology collections, including Subterranean Press’ Impossible Monsters. She is best known as a singer/songwriter. Most recently, you can hear Lansdale as the narrator of various works, including George R. R. Martin’s Aces Abroad, and George A. Romero’s final installment, Nights of the Living Dead.
The usual caveat: I received an advance reading copy of this book from Subterranean Press. I've met Joe R. Lansdale several times, read many of his books, and haven't encountered less than satisfaction in any of his tales. I do not think any of the above affects my review of this book. Jane Goes Nort......more
I received a free advance copy of this for review from NetGalley. And I thought Thelma & Louise had a bad road trip… Despite recently losing her job and being low on cash, Jane is determined to attend her estranged sister’s wedding so she goes looking for someone headed north that she can catch a ride......more
“Outrageous wit, memorably quirky characters, and comical situations…Fans of Lansdale’s Hap and Leonard crime novels won’t want to miss this one.” Publishers Weekly
“The escapades of these two outspoken women couldn’t be any more outrageous. Lansdale follows his latest “Hap and Leonard” installment, The Elephant of Surprise, with this over-the-top picaresque novel. The crude humor and quirky characters will appeal to the author’s fans.” Library Journal
“Lansdale reinvents the road-trip novel with a pair that make Thelma and Louise seem like rank amateurs…Laced with steely-eyed observations on the condition of working-class America, profanity-laden dialogue, and the occasional confessional between two women on a mission, Jane Goes North is a doggedly grounded tale with moments of real heart.” Booklist