![]() I know there is a specific month in the title, but it's not a novel that should be stored for eleven months. Plus, I've read this baby in July! If you're considering waiting until July 2015 to do so, please don't. COLD IN JULY is one of his most complex, unpredictable and ultimately satisfying novels, so yeah, I'm kind of gushing. I'd say his work, T om Piccirilli's and Dennis Lehane's had the most influence on me. ![]() COLD IN JULY is so incredibly layered, emotionally and narratively complex, that it has something to please everybody. ![]() ![]() Richard Dane is a protective dad and a frame builder, but he's also a knight, a cowboy, a sleuth and a tormented man who lives with the idea of death the way samurais do. Lansdale understands the essence of these genres so well that he can apply them to every possible setting and COLD IN JULY happens to be a perfect storm. That story could've been told in any possible setting and it would've still been a psychological thriller, psychological horror, a hardboiled novel, a Western and a samurai epic all rolled up in one. ![]() Writing a crime novel in the Far West or a horror story in space is juxtaposing genres, but it's not blending them. Lansdale is one of the best authors at seamlessly blending genres. ![]()
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