Veil's Visit: a Taste of Hap and Leonard

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Veil's Visit: a Taste of Hap and Leonard
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Artwork by Timothy Truman
Author Joe R. Lansdale
Cover artistTim Truman
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series Hap and Leonard
GenreMystery/suspense
Publisher Subterranean Press
Publication date
1999
Media typePrint (hardcover, trade paperback)
Pages160
ISBN 1-892284-41-3
Preceded by Rumble Tumble (1998) 
Followed by Captains Outrageous (2001) 

Veil's Visit: a Taste of Hap and Leonard is a collection of stories and excerpts by American author Joe R. Lansdale featuring his longtime protagonists Hap Collins and Leonard Pine. The eponymous first story was co-written by longtime Lansdale friend Andrew Vachss and ends with Lansdale "interviewing" his two heroes. This book was published by Subterranean Press as a limited edition hardcover and trade paperback and is long out of print. [1] [2] [3] The interview and the stories "Veil's Visit" and "Death by Chili" were reprinted in the collections Hap and Leonard (2016) [4] and The Big Book of Hap and Leonard (2018). [5]

Contents

Table of contents

Excerpts by Joe R. Lansdale

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