"A taut and gripping story of confrontation in its rawest aspects. Into a run-down diner in a small New Mexico border town is intruded a mysterious and ominous figure, Teddy, with his girl, Cheryl. He has run out of funds, and his VW van needs repair. In the diner he finds Angel and Stephen/Red, who work there, the cripple Lyle, and Richard and Clarisse, the successful businessman and his violinist wife. Teddy terrorizes this group; the portrayal of his machinations provides on the surface a suspense story of great impact."--Dust jacket.