The Paperboy Audiobook

Quotes

• “An eerie and beautiful novel. Its secrets continue to reveal themselves long after the book has been finished.”

  — New York Times Book Review

• “[Dexter] has written as sparsely here as in any of his previous books, and most of what carries the reader along so irresistibly lies beneath the surface of his prose.”

  — New York Times

• “With clarity and an amazing capacity for simplicity of language and down-home metaphor, Dexter weaves a tale that exposes the extremes of goodness and nastiness that exist in newspaper life.”

  — Washington Post

• “What deepens and darkens [Dexter’s] writing, so that art is the precise word to describe it, is a powerful understanding that character rules, that we live with our weaknesses and die of our strengths.”

  — Time

• “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

• “A fierce, beautifully configured family tragedy…As sardonic and lyrical about the newspaper business as Nathaniel West’s 1933 classic Miss Lonelyhearts.”

  — Boston Sunday Herald 

• “A moving and suspenseful novel…Dexter’s well-drawn characters are a believable mélange who interact realistically and inhabit his plot with great strength and mobility.”

  — Oregonian

• “Dexter’s writing is rock solid, he offers acute observations about the nature of reporting, and his grip on the Southern male psyche is unquestionable…A provocative offering from one of the most exciting novelists around.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “The kind of book you catch yourself unable to stop thinking about…A gripping mystery and a thoughtful examination of all that modern journalism has wrought.”

  — Commercial Appeal (Memphis)

• “Dexter is a taut storyteller who keeps the pages turning. Though he offers a cast of characters recalling the best of Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard, his chillingly satisfactory new work should not be relegated to the ranks of genre writing. Highly recommended.”

  — Library Journal

• “A National Book Award–winning novelist whose last tale was set among mobsters in Philadelphia here proves his ability to shift to completely different venues with ease…Dexter has created vibrant characters who fit snugly in their hot, languid setting.”

  — Booklist