The Two-Bear Mambo

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The Two-Bear Mambo
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The Mysterious Press edition cover
Author Joe R. Lansdale
Cover artistDan Osyczka
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series Hap and Leonard
Publisher Mysterious Press, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Publication date
1 September 1995
Media typePrint (hardcover, trade paperback)
Pages273
ISBN 0-89296-491-X
Preceded by Mucho Mojo (1994) 
Followed by Bad Chili (1997) 

The Two-Bear Mambo is a 1995 suspense/crime novel written by the American author Joe R. Lansdale. It is the third book in his Hap and Leonard series.

Contents

Plot summary

Hap's African American ex-girlfriend set out to attempt to recover the long lost tapes of a deceased bluesman in a Ku Klux Klan infested town in East Texas. After she goes missing, her current boyfriend enlists Hap and Leonard to find out what happened to her. Needless to say, they run into a lot of trouble. The town locals do not care and local law enforcement views it as a black-on-black crime not worthy of investigating. Hap, and especially Leonard, are viewed as outside meddlers who should go back to where they came from. [1]

Editions

The book was originally published as a trade hardcover by Mysterious Press which is now out of print. Its most recent publication was issued by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard as a trade paperback in January 2009. [2]

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'Vintage Crime/Black Lizard cover

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References

  1. Lansdale, Joe R. "THE TWO-BEAR MAMBO by Joe R. Lansdale". Kirkus Book Reviews. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  2. "The Two-Bear Mambo by Joe R. Lansdale". Penguin Random House.