Captains Outrageous
2001 novel written by Joe R. Lansdale
1-931081-28-XCaptains Outrageous is a suspense/crime novel written by American author Joe R. Lansdale, the sixth novel in the Hap and Leonard series of books.
Plot summary
The novel opens with both Hap Collins and Leonard Pine working as a security guards at a chicken plant. One night Hap saves the owner's daughter from a violent rapist, and the owner rewards him with hundred thousand dollars. Hap and Leonard take a cruise, but they get into a dispute with the ship's maitre de about protocol and find themselves marooned in Mexico. While there they are mugged, and then rescued by a fisherman named Ferdinand and his daughter Beatrice. Hap forms a sexual relationship with Beatrice while the two stay with them, and discovers that she owes a large amount of money to a local gangster named Juan Miguel. Just before they leave to go back to Mexico, Beatrice is violently murdered, presumably by Juan Miguel's thugs.
Once back in Texas, Hap and Leonard attempt to move past the events of the last few days, but when their friend Charlie is killed they realise that Juan Miguel is attempting to silence them. Along with their associate, a detective named Jim Bob, and Hap's main girlfriend Brett, they return to Mexico to finish matters. They first attempt to stage a kidnapping of Juan Miguel's favorite mistress, but this attempt goes awry and some deaths of friends and associates occurs. Deciding that matters must be settled in the most direct and uncomplicated manner possible, Hap breaks into Juan Miguel's compound, hides in his backyard and executes him, along with his extreme henchman, Hammerhead. At the novel's conclusion Leonard has a new job and Hap returns to his old one; Hap and Brett are now back together.
Reception
Captains Outrageous has received positive reviews from critics, with Publishers Weekly saying that "Lansdale's quick wit is in top form, and his raunchy, sometimes ridiculous and yet so lovable heroes continue to amuse."[1]
Editions
This book was originally published as a limited edition hardcover by Subterranean Press and as a trade hardcover by Mysterious Press. Both of these editions are out of print.[2] In 2009 it was reissued as a trade paperback by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Publications.[3]
References
- ^ CAPTAINS OUTRAGEOUS: A Hap Collins and Leonard Pine Novel, published 08/27/2001
- ^ Lansdale, Joe R. "Captains Outrageous by Joe R. Lansdale — Subterranean Press". Subterraneanpress.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
- ^ James M. Cain (2011-07-29). "Presented by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard". The Weekly Lizard. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
External links
- Author's Official Website
- Subterranean Press Website
- Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Website
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Works by Joe R. Lansdale
- Savage Season (1990)
- Mucho Mojo (1994)
- The Two-Bear Mambo (1995)
- Bad Chili (1997)
- Rumble Tumble (1998)
- Veil's Visit: a Taste of Hap and Leonard (1999)
- Captains Outrageous (2001)
- Vanilla Ride (2009)
- Devil Red (2011)
- Hyenas: a Hap and Leonard Novella (2011)
- Dead Aim (2013)
- Briar Patch Boogie: A Hap and Leonard Novelette (2015)
- Honky Tonk Samurai (2016)
- Hap and Leonard Ride Again (2016)
- Hoodoo Harry (2016)
- Coco Butternut: A Hap and Leonard Novella (2017)
- Rusty Puppy (Hap Collins and Leonard Pine) (2017)
- Hap and Leonard: Blood and Lemonade (2017)
- Cold Cotton: A Hap and Leonard Novella (2017)
- Jackrabbit Smile (2018)
- The Elephant of Surprise (2019)
- The Big Book of Hap and Leonard (2019)
- Of Mice and Minestrone: Hap and Leonard: The Early Years (2020)
- Born for Trouble: The Further Adventures of Hap and Leonard (2022)
- Act of Love (1981)
- Texas Night Riders (1983)
- Dead in the West (1986)
- The Magic Wagon (1986)
- The Nightrunners (1987)
- Cold in July (1989)
- Tarzan: The Lost Adventure (1995)
- The Boar (1998)
- Freezer Burn (1999)
- Waltz of Shadows (1999)
- The Big Blow (2000)
- Blood Dance (2000)
- The Bottoms (2000)
- A Fine Dark Line (2002)
- Sunset and Sawdust (2004)
- Lost Echoes (2007)
- Leather Maiden (2008)
- All the Earth, Thrown to the Sky (2011)
- Edge of Dark Water (2012)
- In Waders from Mars (2012)
- The Thicket (2013)
- Paradise Sky (2015)
- Fender Lizards (2015)
- Hell's Bounty (2016)
- Bubba and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers (2017)
- Jane Goes North (2020)
- More Better Deals (2020)
- Big Lizard (2020)
- Moon Lake (2021)
- The Donut Legion (2023)
- On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks (1989)
- Bubba Ho-Tep (1994)
- Something Lumber This Way Comes (1999)
- Under the Warrior Star (2010)
- Christmas with the Dead (2010)
- A Bone Dead Sadness (2012)
- The Ape Man's Brother (2013)
- Hot in December (2013)
- Prisoner 489 (2014)
- Black Hat Jack (2014)
- By Bizarre Hands (1989)
- Stories by Mama Lansdale's Youngest Boy (1991)
- Bestsellers Guaranteed (1993)
- Electric Gumbo: A Lansdale Reader (1994)
- Writer of the Purple Rage (1994)
- The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent (1996)
- Private Eye Action, as You Like It (1998)
- Atomic Chili (1998)
- The Long Ones (1999)
- Triple Feature (1999)
- High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale (2000)
- For a Few Stories More (2002)
- A Little Green Book of Monster Stories (2003)
- Bumper Crop (2004)
- Mad Dog Summer and Other Stories (2004)
- The King and Other Stories (2005)
- The God of the Razor (2007)
- The Shadows, Kith and Kin (2007)
- Sanctified and Chicken Fried (2009)
- Unchained and Unhinged (2009)
- The Best of Joe R. Lansdale (2010)
- Deadman's Road (2010)
- By Bizarre Hands Rides Again (2010)
- Trapped in the Saturday Matinee (2012)
- Bleeding Shadows (2013)
- A Pair of Aces (2014)
- The Tall Grass and Other Stories (2015)
- Dead on the Bones: Pulp on Fire (2016)
- Terror is Our Business (2018)
- Crawling Sky (2013)
- Jonah Hex: Shadows West (2014)
- Retro-Pulp Tales (2006)
- Son of Retro Pulp Tales (2009)
- Mark Stone: MIA Hunter
