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Jan 1, 2003 · A Fine Dark Line is a coming-of-age tale about 13-year-old Stanley Mitchell in the summer of 1958 in Texas. The Mitchell family have recently moved to Dewmont, after his father bought the Dew Drop, the town's old drive-in theater.
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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.
Finding a metal box filled with letters triggers a seismographic sequence of events, eventually taking the inhabitants of the East Texas town of Dewmont across an unseen line separating black mystery from reality.
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 sage...
- Joe R. Lansdale
- Grand Central Publishing, 2003
- 0759528241, 9780759528246
- A Fine Dark Line
Jan 8, 2003 · Long and hot—’twas ever thus—is the summer of 1958 in backwater Dewmont, Texas, but almost nothing that happens to13-year-old Stanley Mitchell during its course is remotely typical. Stanley, whose daddy runs the Dew Drop, the town’s drive-in theater, is at the outset a thoroughly ordinary boy who likes movies, comic books, riding his ...
Jan 19, 2022 · Obsessed with investigating their fates, Stanley finds a guide and mentor in black, elderly Buster Lighthouse Smith, a retired Indian Reservation policeman who now runs the projector at the drive-in theater owned by Stanley's parents.
Nov 25, 2010 · A Fine Dark Line by Joe R Lansdale. Buy Now: Kindle Apple Google Kobo See All. ebooks.com ebook / ISBN-13: 9780297864745. Price: £4.49 ON SALE: 25th November 2010 ...