there had been a fistfight between two summer people over the last copy of the sunday new york times at nan 's luncheonette ; another fist-fight in the parking-lot of the mellow tiger ; a weekend fisherman had torn off half of his right ear while trying to make a fancy cast into the lake ; three cases of shoplifting ; and a small dope bust at universe , castle rock 's billiard parlor and video game arcade .