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Mark Twain meets classic Stephen King -- a bold new direction for widely acclaimed Edgar Award winner Joe R. Lansdale.
May Lynn was once a pretty girl who dreamed of becoming a Hollywood star. Now she's dead, her body dredged up from the Sabine River.
Sue Ellen, May Lynn's strong-willed teenage friend, sets out to dig up May Lynn's body, burn it to ash, and take those ashes to Hollywood to spread around. If May Lynn can't become a star, then at least her ashes will end up in the land of her dreams.
Along with her friends Terry and Jinx and her alcoholic mother, Sue Ellen steals a raft and heads downriver to carry May Lynn's remains to Hollywood.
Only problem is, Sue Ellen has some stolen money that her enemies will do anything to get back. And what looks like a prime opportunity to escape from a worthless life will instead lead to disastrous consequences. In the end, Sue Ellen will learn a harsh lesson on just how hard growing up can really be.
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“A cast of unforgettable characters…From its pages waftmemories of Huckleberry Finn, To Kill a Mockingbird, and even As I Lay Dying with its journey to lay asoul to rest. When I reached the final page, something happened that I can’tremember ever happening with a book I’ve read for a review: I wanted to read itagain.”
— Boston Globe
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“Edge of Dark Water describes a trip downriver that is one-half Huck Finn, one-half Deliverance, and entirely Joe Lansdale. If you aren’t familiar with the work of this true American original, and master of hillbilly noir, climb in the boat and hang on for dear life: the water is rough.”
— Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author -
“A charming Gothic tale…As funny and frightening as anything that could have been dreamed up by the Brothers Grimm—or Mark Twain.”
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“Nonstop adventures that edify, terrify, and deepen the bond between Sue Ellen and Jinx. A highly entertaining tour de force.”
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Joe R. Lansdale has a folklorist's eye for telling detail and a front-porch raconteur's sense of pace.
— The New York Times Book Review -
Scenes that stand your hair on end while you fall out of your chair laughing.
— Chicago Sun-Times, on Leather Maiden -
Lansdale has created a landscape of broken dreams, skewed personalities and hope still clinging to the inside of the Pandora's box of problems they all share. . . . He has been called a folklorist, and Leather Maiden makes you want to sit on a porch listening to him spin a yarn that you know doesn't contain a true sentence.
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One of the greatest yarn spinners of his generation: fearless, earthy, original, manic and dreadfully funny.
— Dallas Morning News, on Vanilla Ride
Awards
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One of the 2012 Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books: Mysteries
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A 2012 Booklist Editors’ Choice Selection: Adult Books for Young Adults
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About Joe R. Lansdale
Ramón de Ocampo, an Earphones Award-winning narrator, was a cowinner in 2018 of the Audie Award for Best Multi-Voiced Performance. A graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, he has been seen on television, film, and stages all over the world, including recurring roles on such television shows as The West Wing, 12 Monkeys, Sons of Anarchy, and Medium. He is the winner of a prestigious Obie Award for his stage work.
About the Narrators
Angèle Masters is an actor and writer, born and raised in a small town in England. She has spent the past twenty years in the southern United States. While most of her background is in theater, she makes an occasional appearance in front of the camera and quite often behind the microphone recording audiobooks.
Angèle Masters is an actor and writer, born and raised in a small town in England. She has spent the past twenty years in the southern United States. While most of her background is in theater, she makes an occasional appearance in front of the camera and quite often behind the microphone recording audiobooks.