false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178189320m/768945.jpg 768945 15 For young Stanley Mitchell, Jr., 1958 is quickly becoming a year of newfound joys and thrilling adventure. Beginning with the discovery of hidden love letters, and an uneasy meeting with Buster Lighthorse Smith, the Dewdrop Drive-in's elderly projectionist and former reservation policeman, Stanley learns about blues music, Sherlock Holmes, racism, and lost dreams. Through the natural course of growing up, he discovers the true nature of his father's heart; the love of his mother and sister and house servant, Rosy; and becomes involved in a forbidden world that exists beneath Dewmont, Texas, like dirt and bacteria beneath a beautiful carpet. Stanley enters a forbidden world of secrets filled with death and darkness, jealous lovers, and ghostly occurrences-until he finds the real murderer of the young girl who wrote the love letters he found, and becomes the murderer's next target. 98465 2002 A Fine Dark Line total:206|5:45|4:108|3:45|2:7|1:1| 206 807 284 27 5 2 false false Sun Dec 30 18:03:14 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 03 09:17:08 -0800 2008 4 2 false false Fri Nov 21 12:48:35 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 12:52:10 -0800 2008
A Joe R Lansdale little southern gothic tale/mystery, set in the 50s at a Drive In.

Love it? Yes I do.]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 21:19:38 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 19:54:55 -0700 2009 The Bottoms. I found it to be a very entertaining and nostalgic coming of age/mystery story told in the folksy style of a 13 year old in the 1950s. The 1950s seem to be a great time of which to write due to it's i...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 17:14:09 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 17:52:01 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 09:00:13 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 14:37:53 -0700 2009
This story is set in Dewmont, Texas during the summer of 1958. It takes thirteen year old Stanley Mitchell out of innocence through the discovery of some love letters that lead to a bit of sleuthing between he and t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 26 14:34:55 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 07:14:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 15:46:24 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 15:52:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Feb 06 17:08:33 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 17:12:00 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 17:51:12 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 17:52:19 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Jan 17 19:56:53 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 19:59:14 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 07:17:04 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 17:42:44 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jul 21 08:36:51 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 09:42:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun May 10 16:38:47 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 16:41:57 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 14 19:47:22 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 19:48:19 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 22:59:58 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 15 10:10:56 -0800 2008
It's...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 15:10:03 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 15:11:33 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jul 20 13:23:28 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 15:00:20 -0700 2009 4 1 false false Thu Nov 15 09:14:02 -0800 2007 Tue Sep 22 16:51:49 -0700 2009 in. His family owns and operates the drive-in in a small town in East Texas, circa 1958. Mysteries, murders and intrigues proliferate the small Texas town and Stanley, his sister, his buddy Richard, and his new...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 16:43:32 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 09:08:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Apr 12 14:43:38 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 14:49:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=768945