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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, 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 "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 back seat to headline news...
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The Paperboy, Pete Dexter
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- Released
- 2011
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- Title
- The Paperboy
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Pete Dexter
- Publisher
- Delta
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN10
- 0385315724
- ISBN13
- 9780385315722
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Thriller, Contemporary Fiction, USA, Murders, America, Race, Racism, Noir, Genealogy, Journalists, American South, Judiciary, Florida
- Rating
- 3.6 out of 5
- Description
- 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, 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 "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 back seat to headline news...