Edge of Dark Water (Hardcover)

from nfmgirl2

This story is narrated by Sue Ellen, a young girl living in poverty in a small southern town during the Depression. A local girl is found dead, and Sue Ellen and her friends are joined by Sue Ellen's mother as they head out to take the ashes of the young wannabe starlet to her ultimate goal of Ho...

from FrankErrington

I totally enjoyed getting lost in the world Joe R. Lansdale has created in Edge of Dark Water. Set during the Great depression in East Texas, the story is about Sue Ellen Wilson and her friends Jinx Smith, a colored girl, and Terry Thomas who is considered a "sissy" by his friends, who set out on...

from Eric_J._Guignard

REVIEWED: The Edge of Dark WaterWRITTEN BY: Joe R. Lansdale PUBLISHED: March, 2012One of the best new novels that I've read in a long time. It's described as being half "Huckleberry Finn" and half "Deliverance," which is about as accurate a comparison as I could come up with. Lansdale's descripti...

from DrLed

Synopsis: Sue Ellen, Terry and Jinx are best friends. They, along with their slightly older friend May Lynn, dream of leaving their poverty stricken area. One day Sue Ellen, Terry, and Sue Ellen's father and uncle find May Lynn's body sunk in the river. Since neither law enforcement nor family ma...

from SamSattler

Joe Lansdale's new novel, Edge of Dark Water, can be characterized as Huckleberry Finn on steroids (an easily imagined image for today's sports fans), but a more apt categorization of the book is one author Joe Hill uses for it: hillbilly noir. I love that term and the image it creates. Set in ru...