The Walkaway

Name: The Walkaway
Brand: HighBridge Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Scott Phillips
ISBN: 9781696605670

Author: Scott Phillips

Narrator: George Newbern

Unabridged: 9 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Highbridge Audio

Published: 06/08/2021

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

Noir master Scott Phillips's The Walkaway explores the far-reaching consequences of the deception and violence of its predecessor, The Ice Harvest.

Summer 1989: Gunther Fahnstiel, once a tough cop who wasn't averse to taking a little side money from a certain madam, has just escaped the dementia ward of his Wichita nursing home. He's not exactly sure where he wants to go, but wherever it is, it has to do with the bag full of cash belonging to the man he accidentally backed over with his RV in 1979. During his search, Gunther begins to relive the violent fallout of that madam's sex lottery forty years ago. As Gunther's memories unravel, his past and present will collide in a devastating reckoning. This dark comedy, at once prequel and sequel to Phillips's award-winning debut The Ice Harvest, proves that no walkaway can escape unscathed.

About Scott Phillips

Scott Phillips is a screenwriter, photographer, and the author of eight novels and a short story collection. His bestselling debut novel, The Ice Harvest, was a New York Times Notable Book and was adapted as a major motion picture starring John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton. He is the winner of the California Book Award, as well as being a finalist for the Edgar Award, the Hammett Prize, and the CWA Gold Dagger Award. Scott was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, and lived for many years in France. He now lives with his wife and daughter in St. Louis, Missouri.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tuck on October 01, 2010

a prequel to "ice harvest", clever, gritty noir straight from wichita. if you've ever BEEN to wichita, this will make perfect sense.......more

Goodreads review by Dana on October 14, 2013

It’s hard to know what to expect in a book by Scott Phillips. There will be dark humor, and there will probably be a crime, though not necessarily, and whatever crime is committed may not be strictly illegal; more of a crime against conscience. For all the unpredictability, his books never disappoin......more

Goodreads review by Dan on December 11, 2014

Click off your sense of humor; lock up your thirst for the absurd; throttle your taste for slapstick; do all that and you can still find a satisfying few hours of enjoyment in "The Walkaway". But if you keep your mind open to life's quirky turns and remember to chuckle at the crazy stuff, you will f......more

Goodreads review by Tim on March 22, 2020

Years ago, when I first stumbled upon The Walkaway, I thought it was the source material for the Paul Newman geezer heist film, Where the Money Is. However, Newman’s second-to-last live-action film bears a little resemblance: he’s a career thief moved to a nursing home who appears to be an immobiliz......more

Goodreads review by Harry on August 31, 2022

A completely unnecessary prequel and sequel to the author's perfect, inky-black-humored, Christmas Eve noir caper The Ice Harvest, The Walkaway still has plenty of fun to offer. The bumper crop of ne'er-do-wells that appear here -- all interconnected by family, marriage, adultery or some kind of ill......more