Joe R. Lansdale is the author of nearly four dozen novels, including Rusty Puppy, the Edgar-award winning The Bottoms, Sunset and Sawdust, and Leather Maiden. He has received nine Bram Stoker Awards, the American Mystery Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the Grinzane Cavour Prize for Literature. He lives with his family in Nacogdoches, Texas.
"A cast of unforgettable characters....a terrific read. From its
pages waft memories of Huckleberry Finn, To Kill A Mockingbird, and
even As I Lay Dying with its journey to lay a soul to rest. When I
reached the final page, something happened that I can't remember
ever happening with a book I've read for a review. I wanted to read
it again."--Boston Globe
"A charming Gothic tale...as funny and frightening as anything that
could have been dreamed up by the Brothers Grimm--or Mark
Twain."--New York Times Book Review
"A coming of age story peopled with original and fascinating
blood-and-bones characters. A chillingly atmospheric tale of good
and evil and adolescent angst. EDGE OF DARK WATERhas all the
potential of becoming a classic, read by generations to come."--New
York Journal of Books
"A doozy of a read, the kind of book we call an 'all
nighter'...It's that kind of great, and it's pure-blood Lansdale,
crammed to bursting with plot twists that recall the snaky bends of
the Sabine River...This sucker moves...It's our favorite book of
the year so far, and one of Lansdale's best, ever."--Austin
Chronicle
"A storyteller in the great American tradition of Ambrose Bierce
and Mark Twain."--Boston Globe
"An ambitious, quietly grieving portrait of racism in Texas in the
1930s."--New York Times
"Edgar-winner Lansdale channels Mark Twain in this chillingly
atmospheric stand-alone set in Depression-era East
Texas...Lansdale's perfect ear for regional dialogue and ability to
create palpable suspense lift this above the pack."--The Washington
Examiner
"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, author of the New York Times
bestsellers Horns and Heart-Shaped Box
"For those new to Lansdale's work, this novel will serve as a good
intro: entertaining, eerie and soaked with the East Texas period
atmosphere Lansdale owns like no other writer....Along the river
chase, readers will pick up on nods to homer, Dickey, Twain and
others, but the brooding East Texas atmosphere is all Lansdale: the
specter of Skunk is like something out of a horror movie; man and
nature both provide plenty of thrills and chills; the mystery of
who killed May Lynn is given just enough attention; and Sue Ellen's
precocious teen wisdom and bumpkin delivery provides the
laughs....Joe R. Lansdale could fall into the Sabine River at its
filthiest point and still come up dripping nothing but storytelling
mojo."--The Dallas Morning News
"Joe Lansdale always transports me. In EDGE OF DARK WATER, he takes
me to the mysterious brooding landscape of Twain and Faulkner, with
a compelling twist that is all Lansdale."--David Morrell, New York
Times bestselling author of First Blood and Creepers
"Joe Lansdale has long been one of our finest and most difficult to
classify writers. You can call his writing supernatural, horror,
crime, or plain Southern, as long as you remember to call it great.
Always a generous storyteller, in EDGE OF DARK WATER he offers a
beautifully spun tale of life in the sticks, friendship and
mortality, and tells it with the wit, humor and pure-dee power
we've come to expect of him."--Daniel Woodrell, author of Winter's
Bone
"Joe Lansdale is one of the dark kings of modern mystery fiction, a
master of the genre. His name deserves to be whispered with the
greats."--John Connolly
"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
"Joe R. Lansdale's fellow Texans would call Joe a 'straight
shooter.' That's what makes his writing so good-no BS involved.
Joe's work is alternately scary, funny as hell, disturbing, but
always (and most importantly) memorable."--Bruce Campbell
"Nonstop adventures that edify, terrify and deepen the bond between
Sue Ellen and Jinx. A highly entertaining tour de force."--Kirkus
Reviews
"One of the greatest yarn spinners of his generation: fearless,
earthy, original, manic and dreadfully funny."--Dallas Morning
News
"Reading Joe Lansdale is like listening to a favorite uncle who
just happens to be a fabulous storyteller. This book deals with
dark and strange material, but it is hugely appealing as narrated
in the first person by young Sue Ellen, who shines."--Dean
Koontz
"The strongest, truest, and most pitch-perfect narration since Huck
Finn's. Marvelous and terrifying, EDGE OF DARK WATER is the result
of real genius at work. A masterpiece."--Dan Simmons, author of The
Terror and Drood
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