A Fine Dark Line

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A Fine Dark Line
Author(s)	Joe R. Lansdale
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Novel
Publisher	Subterranean Press
Publication date	1 June 2002
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	412
ISBN	1-931081-66-2
OCLC Number	51583529
Preceded by	The Bottoms (2000)
Followed by	Sunset and Sawdust (2004)

A Fine Dark Line is a 2002 novel by American writer Joe R. Lansdale. The story is set in Dumont, Texas in 1958. A Fine Dark Line is currently being made into a feature length movie.

Plot summary

The story is told through the eyes of Stanley Mitchell, a thirteen year-old boy, the younger of two children. The Mitchells are the owners and proprietors of the only drive-in theater in Dumont. 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. 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. In attempting to solve the mysteries of the deaths of the two women, Stanley exposes himself, his family and his friends, to danger.

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