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Ward James is a brilliant young journalist in Miami, who investigates the killing of a sheriff and finds himself believing the innocence of the man about to be executed for the crime. Narrated by Ward's brother, the novel explores the havoc caused by Ward's opinions.
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An eerie and beautiful novel... Its secrets continue to reveal themselves long after the book has been finished * New York Times * 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 * Hip, hard-boiled and filled with memorable eccentrics... The Paperboy burns with the phosphorescent atmosphere of betrayal * Time *
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Standard. Outline:- 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 "fiancÃ." 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. --> Genre: Literary Fiction Modern & contemporary-> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Penguin Books The date of this copy is 1995 booksalvation have grade it as Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK. Book. Seller Inventory # 9780140245769AN2252
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Paperback. Pete Dexter continues his success as gifted storyteller with his New York Times best-seller, The Paperboy. Captivating his readers with his lean and eloquent prose, Dexter takes them on an unforgettable literary journey through the dark, swampy backroads of Florida. When Sheriff Thurmond Call is murdered on a Moat County highway one rainy night, a rough local country boy is arrested, convicted, and put on death row. The doomed man's fiancee, believing he is innocent, enlists investigative reporter Ward James and his younger brother, Jack, to uncover the truth about the case. Their search leads them to unsettling insights about the nature of the newspaper business and the dark side of the human soul. Frank Muller's masterful narration captures the dark, haunting quality of this tragedy. Even after the story is finished, the reader is left with unsettling thoughts about the value of truth and the price of integrity. Secondhand. Good Condition. Seller Inventory # 18367743
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