A Fine Dark Line - Softcover

Landsdale, Joe R.; Lansdale, Joe R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446691674 ISBN 13: 9780446691673

Publisher: Grand Central Pub, 2003

Synopsis

A Fine Dark Line It is the summer of 1958 in Dewmont, Texas, a town the great American postwar boom passed by. The kids listen idly to rockabilly on the radio and waste their weekends at the Dairy Queen. And an undetected menace simmers under the heat that clings to the skin like molasses... For thirteen-year-old Stanley Mitchell, the end of innocence comes with his discovery of the mysterious long-ago demise of t... Full description

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Review:

Entertaining, fast-paced, and bristling with hidden menace. (KATE SAUNDERS THE TIMES)

a charming tale about growing up, and a vivid recreation of a world that no longer exists (SUSANNA YAGER SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)

Part detective story, part horror chiller and part Huck Finn adventure yarn... vividly captures the atmosphere of an isolated, backwards little town. (NEW STATESMAN)

As always Joe Lansdale writes with a gentle reverence for the past and the present. I love his books and this is one of the very best. (MARK TIMLIN INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY)

Book Description:

A classic coming-of-age murder mystery with corrupt cops, segregation, ice cream and missing lesbians

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Pub
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0446691674
• ISBN 13: 9780446691673
• Binding: Paperback