HAP AND LEONARD

Hap Collins is a white working class laborer who spent time in federal prison as a young man for refusing to be drafted into the military and serve in the Vietnam War.
In his late forties, he is often haunted by the various unpleasant jobs
he's held over the years such as working at an aluminum chair factory
and working the East Texas rose fields. The two now work for the former police officer turned private investigator
Marvin Hanson. Hap tries his best to avoid violence and also tries his
best to avoid the taking of another human life. Often lovesick, most of
his relationships haven't worked out. He is currently with his
on-again-off-again girlfriend Brett Sawyer. Some of his past has been
taken from Mr. Lansdale's own past. The stories are told from Hap's
narrative point of view. Not as quick to anger as Leonard, he often
finds himself attempting to talk Leonard out of committing serious
violence.