Set in the decade following the Civil War, Joe R. Lansdale’s latest novel, Paradise Sky, recounts the story of infamous African-American cowboy and adventurer Nat Love, whose extraordinary skills as a marksman earned him the nickname “Deadwood Dick.” As a young man, Love is forced to run after his father is murdered, and after a brief stint as a buffalo soldier, Love heads up to Deadwood, where he befriends Wild Bill Hickok. Rollicking, raunchy and irresistible, Lansdale’s artful tale ad


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