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02426aam a22004455i 4500 001 7D7FF870D05211EDAFAA7FBA3FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230401010016 008 220628s2023 nyu 000 0 eng 010 $a 2022941849 020 $a 0316540684 020 $a 9780316540681 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 100 1 $a Lansdale, Joe R., $e author. 245 10 $a The Donut legion / Joe R. Lansdale. / $c Joe R. Lansdale. 263 $a 2303 264 1 $a New York : $b Little, Brown and Company, $c 2023. 300 $a 291 pages cm 520 $a Charlie Garner has a bad feeling. His ex-wife, Meg, has been missing for over a week and one quick peek into her home shows all her possessions packed up in boxes. Neighbors claim shes running from bill collectors, but Charlie suspects something more sinister is afoot. Meg was last seen working at the local donut shop, a business run by a shadow group most refer to as The Saucer People; a space-age, evangelist cult who believe their compound to be the site of an extraterrestrial Second Coming. 520 $a 520 $a Along with his brother, Felix, and beautiful, randy journalist Amelia Scrappy Moon, Charlie uncovers strange and frightening details about the compound (read: a massive, doomsday storehouse of weapons, a leashed chimpanzee!) When the body of their key informer is found dead with his arms ripped out of their sockets, Charlie knows hes in danger but remains dogged in his quest to rescue Meg. 520 $a 520 $a Brimming with colorful characters and Lansdales characteristic bounce, this rollicking crime novel examines the insidious rise of fringe groups and those under their sway with black comedy and glints of pathos. 650 $a Crime $x Fiction. 650 $a Missing persons $x Fiction. 650 $a Southern $x Fiction. 941 $a 11 952 $l UGPF911 $d 20231207020553.0 952 $l XAPE737 $d 20231003010231.0 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20230801010758.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20230704010521.0 952 $l XHPD657 $d 20230623010716.0 952 $l FFPC194 $d 20230620011425.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20230620010532.0 952 $l KJPF566 $d 20230614010427.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230512010523.0 952 $l NJPD993 $d 20230401093311.0 952 $l ZXPC675 $d 20230401010533.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7D7FF870D05211EDAFAA7FBA3FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search