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Publisher's Summary
The sun was rising over Moat County, Florida, when Sheriff Thurmond Call was found on the highway, gutted like an alligator. A local redneck was tried, sentenced, and set to fry.
Then Ward James, a hotshot investigative reporter for the Miami Times, returns to his rural hometown with a death row femme fatale who promises him the story of the decade. She’s armed with explosive evidence and aims to free - and meet - her convicted “fiancé.”
With Ward’s disillusioned younger brother Jack as their driver, they barrel down Florida’s back roads and seamy places in search of the story, racing flat out into a shocking head-on collision between character and fate as truth takes a backseat to headline news.
Pete Dexter is the author of the National Book Award–winning novel Paris Trout, among others. He has been a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News and the Sacramento Bee and has contributed to many magazines, including Esquire, Sports Illustrated, and Playboy. His screenplays include Rush and Mulholland Falls.
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- A. Paes
- Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- 05-18-14
Better then the movie
If you could sum up The Paperboy in three words, what would they be?
Sad, bittersweet, amazing.
Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
Better that the movie and so sad. I read it after I saw and loved the movie with John Cusack. It's so good as, almost better.I recommend the audible version.
Have you listened to any of Sean Runnette’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
No
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- Nancy Olson
- 03-11-13
Movie was better
Would you try another book from Pete Dexter and/or Sean Runnette?
I might try anther book by Pete Dexter but not the narrator. He was monotone and boring.
What was most disappointing about Pete Dexter’s story?
It was a toss between how bad the narrator was and how slow the book moved.
How could the performance have been better?
Get someone who reads aloud with expression.
Did The Paperboy inspire you to do anything?
Only to stop reading before the book was done.
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- Kaggy
- 12-24-14
Newspaper v. Corruption down South
This is an all American tale of a murky little town down South, run by a sheriff renowned for killing black men and anybody else who takes his fancy. He has received his come uppance (sliced down the middle like an alligator) and a relative of his most recent victim is on death row. Job done? Of course not. The Paperboy of the title refers to the narrator of this story. He is a young man, thrown out of college, and now working as a delivery boy on his father's newspaper. His brother Ward is a charismatic reporter working on the Miami Times and he and his sidekick, Yardley Acheman, take it upon themselves to investigate the crime. In walks a femme fatale in the shape of Charlette Bless, a curiously determined yet vulnerable woman who writes to death row prisoners and has become engaged with the suspect without ever meeting him.
This is a brooding ponderous tale filled with murky characters some of whom are bordering on insanity. The one shining light is the relationship between the brothers. The younger man is perfectly aware of Ward's secrets but remains non-judgemental and constant throughout the story. The is far more to this than a straightforward detective story and the conclusion is intelligent and thoroughly satisfying.
Sean Runnette reads this in a slow reflective manner and initially I wanted him to speed things along. After a while I became almost hypnotised by his voice and realised he is perfect for this material.
This was a fantastic find on Audible and one that is thoroughly recommended.
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