[who did it] Zebra Books, November 1994 (mass-market paperback).

[chance of gettin'] A little easier to find then the older titles. You can get a signed copy from The Official Edward Lee Bookstore.

[the skinny] Is it true that this respectable mass-market release is stuffed to the gills with redneck gross-out and sex with deformees? Uh...yeah, all that and more. It was this book that first sparked Lee to bring his peculiar obsession with Americanus White Trashus into the novel-length venue. What are Creekers? They’re genetically defected psychopathic hillfolk but it’s important to point out that these aren’t just ANY genetically defected psychopathic hillfolk. Hard-edged city cop Phil Straker (Lee gets a lot of mileage out of that old pen name) gets drummed off the force on a bad rap, and next thing you know he’s wearing a badge in his backwoods hometown of Crick City. (In the original draft, Lee added a few extra gross-out scenes, but as it turned out only one was cut--the “Kohl’s Point scene, which he later pasted into THE BIGHEAD.) Rightfully, CREEKERS is a Lee classic, and a favorite among fans. When a novel’s got strip joint full of deformed dancers, you know you’re in thoughtful hands.