The Paperboy
Pete Dexter
Random House Publishing Group
<p><b>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</b><br> <b><i> </i></b><br> <b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b><br> <br> <b>"An eerie and beautiful novel . . . Its secrets continue to reveal themselves long after the book has been finished."--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br>  <br> 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 <i>Miami Times, </i>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 ...</p>