The Bottoms (novel)

The Bottoms
Subterranean Press issue cover by Alan M. Clark
Author	Joe R. Lansdale
Cover artist	Alan M. Clark
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Subterranean Press, Mysterious Press
Publication date	1 May 2000
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	332
ISBN	1-892284-60-X
Preceded by	Blood Dance (2000)
Followed by	A Fine Dark Line (2002)

The Bottoms is an Edgar Award^[1]^[2]^[3]-winning suspense novel by American author Joe R. Lansdale.

Plot summary

This story takes place during the Great Depression in East Texas. Young Harry Crane discovers the mutilated body of a black woman that sets off a mystery involving rising violence and racism. Despite the efforts of law enforcement, the killing continues. Harry and his younger sister, Thomasina, fix their suspicions on a local horror legend, The Goat Man, who lives deep in the Big Thicket. Together they set out to solve the mystery of who the real killer is.

Awards

The 2000 Edgar Award for best novel.^[2]^[3]
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year (2000)^[4]
The 2000 Herodotus Award for The First US Historical Novel^[5]
A 2000 Dashiell Hammett Award for "Best Novel" (nominated)^[6]
The 2001 Mystery Readers International's Macavity Awards for best mystery novel. (nominated)^[6]

Editions

Mysterious Press edition

This book was published as lettered edition and a limited edition by Subterranean Press^[7] and as a trade hardcover by Mysterious Press. It was re-issued as a trade paperback by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Publications on 7 December 2010.^[8] As of August 2012, all hardcover editions are out of print.

Film adaptation

This book is currently being co-produced for a film by Joe R. Lansdale, Bill Paxton,^[9] and Brad Wyman.^[10]^[11]

References

↑ "Edgar Awards throughout time". Mystery Writers of America. Retrieved 5 September 2012. Note: the link is to a database, a query must be entered to find this specific work.
1 2 Perskie, Jana L. "The Bottoms". Mostly Fiction Book Reviews. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
1 2 Ketchersid, Larry (17 April 2012). "REVIEW: Edge of Dark Water". SF Signal. Retrieved 5 September 2012. The Bottoms, Joe Lansdale’s Edgar Award-winning novel from 2000, is one of my favorite stories
↑ "Holiday Books 2000". New York Times Book Review. December 3, 2000. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
↑ "Herodotus Award - Book awards - LibraryThing". librarything.com.
1 2 THE HAMMETT PRIZE: PAST WINNERS, NOMINEES, AND JUDGES retrieved 8/1/13
↑ "The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale". Subterranean Press web site. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
↑ "The Bottoms". Random House web site. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
↑ Bill Paxton on Oprah Winfrey, retrieved 7/31/13
↑ The Bottoms Film Adaptation. "The Bottoms Film". Retrieved 22 February 2014.
↑ Lansdale, Joe R. "The Bottoms Film Adaptation". Retrieved 22 February 2014.

External links

Author's Official Website
Publisher's Website
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Website
The Bottoms title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Works by Joe R. Lansdale

Hap and Leonard series	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)

Novels	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)

Novellas	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)

Short story collections	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) 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)

Graphic novels	Crawling Sky (2013) Jonah Hex: Shadows West (2014)

Anthologies edited	Retro-Pulp Tales (2006) Son of Retro Pulp Tales (2009)

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