The Paperboy |
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Author:
| Dexter, Pete |
ISBN: | 978-1-299-02470-0 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2011 |
Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Delta |
Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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Now a major motion picture directed by Lee Daniels starring Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, David Oyelowo, and Macy Gray, with John Cusack and Nicole Kidman " " "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER "An eerie and beautiful novel . . . Its secrets continue to reveal themselves long after the book has been finished."--"The New York Times Book Review" The sun is rising over Moat County, Florida, when Sheriff Thurmond Call is found on the highway, gutted like an alligator. A...
More DescriptionNow a major motion picture directed by Lee Daniels starring Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, David Oyelowo, and Macy Gray, with John Cusack and Nicole Kidman
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"NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER
"An eerie and beautiful novel . . . Its secrets continue to reveal themselves long after the book has been finished."--"The New York Times Book Review"
The sun is rising over Moat County, Florida, when Sheriff Thurmond Call is found on the highway, gutted like an alligator. A local redneck is tried, sentenced, and set to fry. Then Ward James, 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, aiming to free--and meet--her convicted "fiance." 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 back seat to headline news.
"Dexter is a writer who cuts to the bone. There is not a spare word in this searing tale. . . . A bravura performance by one of America's most original and elegiac voices."--"People"
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"Hip, hard-boiled and filled with memorable eccentrics . . . "The Paperboy "burns with the phosphorescent atmosphere of betrayal."--"Time"
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"A wise and fascinating tale well told.""--Entertainment Weekly"