The Paperboy, Pete Dexter
The Paperboy, Pete Dexter
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The Paperboy

Author: Pete Dexter

Narrator: Sean Runnette

Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/17/2012

Synopsis

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 theMiami Times, returns to his rural hometown with a death row femme fatale who promises him the story of the decade. Shes armed with explosive evidence and aims to freeand meether convicted fianc. With Wards disillusioned younger brother Jack as their driver, they barrel down Floridas 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.

About Pete Dexter

Pete Dexter is a novelist.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Baba on July 23, 2022

A major motion picture book cover featuring Zac efron and Nicole Kidman was not the reason I picked this up in a charity shop, it was the simple but (to me) pretty ambiguous book title 'The Paperboy', and boy was I rewarded for this book cover buy. Florida, and it's 1969: three paperboys, two report......more

Goodreads review by J. on September 10, 2020

Q: How do you know when a slow-burn story is done right? A: You can smell charring flesh, feel the tension as the temperature rises, and watch the embers eat away at the characters. Pete Dexter delivers this and more in 'The Paperboy'. Like I've previously said, this author has a keen sense of South......more

Goodreads review by CV on February 09, 2013

From now on I'm just going to call Pete Dexter the atmosphere writer. He paints a picture of the backcountry of Florida, the swamps and the small town, and a Miami and its competitive newspaper world in such detail that I can close my eyes and be there. He re-creates the 70s with its attitudes and q......more

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