Search results
Jan 1, 2003 · A Fine Dark Line is about as coming-of-age as a story can get. Over the course of a summer, an innocent boy who thought a used condom as a water balloon has now matured and witnessed many harsh realities, and has befriended the unlikeliest of folks.
- (4.2K)
- Hardcover
A Fine Dark Line is a 2002 novel by American writer Joe R. Lansdale. The story is set in Dumont, Texas, in 1958. This novel was issued as a limited edition by Subterranean Press and as a trade hardcover and a trade paperback by Mysterious Press. Both hardcover editions are now out of print.
This is the summer that Stanley will lose his childhood innocence and learn that there's no Santa Claus, what sex is really about, the ugly truth concerning racism, and the painful reality about death, murder and the human monsters that hide behind the masks of one's next-door neighbors.
- (856)
- Joe R. Lansdale
May 11, 2006 · A classic coming-of-age murder mystery with corrupt cops, segregation, ice cream and missing lesbians. Joe R. Lansdale is the winner of the British Fantasy Award, the American Horror Award, the Edgar Award, and six Bram Stoker Awards. He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas. Read more.
- (859)
- Joe R Lansdale
Apr 1, 2003 · In his quest to unravel the truth about their tragic fates, Stanley finds a protector in Buster Lighthorse Smith, a black, retired Indian-reservation cop and a...
- Joe R. Lansdale
- Grand Central Publishing, 2003
- 0759528241, 9780759528246
- A Fine Dark Line
Jul 19, 2015 · Brilliantly written by one of America's top authors, A FINE DARK LINE carries us back to when comic books were a nickel, Tarzan movies played on TV in the mornings, and a young boy could believe that the fictional John Carter of Mars actually existed.
- Joe R Lansdale
A FINE DARK LINE is a powerful coming of age tale set in a place and time when people of influence can get away with murder. The summer of 1958 is a traumatic time for the protagonist as he learns about sex, incest, homosexuality, and wife beating while someone tries to kill him.
- Joe R. Lansdale
