Stanley's ally is Buster Smith, the projectionist at the drive-in theater, an elderly black man whose attempts to drown his demons in alcohol are doomed to failure, but who has a depth that only Stanley is aware of. Stanley discovers a tin box containing a collection of troubled love letters that ultimately lead him to a burned-out house, the mysterious deaths of two young women and various secrets that the Dumont leaders would prefer remain buried. The Mitchells are the owners and proprietors of the only drive-in theater in Dumont. The story is told through the eyes of Stanley Mitchell, a thirteen-year-old boy, the younger of two children. A trade paperback was published by Mysterious Press on October 1, 2003. Both hardcover editions are now out of print.
This novel was issued as a limited edition by Subterranean Press and as a trade hardcover and a trade paperback by Mysterious Press. The story is set in Dumont, Texas, in 1958. A Fine Dark Line is a 2002 novel by American writer Joe R.
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