Audiobook, 9 hours. Narrated by
I accidentally happened upon the audiobook of this. I was searching the Libby app for an audiobook, and found this. I didn’t know Joe R. Lansdale had written a book loosely influenced by the COVID era. In this mystery, an East-Texas writer, Charlie, and his PI brother try to solve a mystery surrounding the disappearance of Charlie’s ex-wife.
The Audiobook is read by a cast, but the main narration is Lansdale himself, which is great because he is a fantastic reader. The cast also includes his very talented daughter, who is a great storyteller in her own right.
Why is this COVID era??? Charlie follows the clues a Q-Anon-like UFO cult that owns Donut shops around the area. This book is pure Lansdale, character-driven with funny twists of the language, and excellent deployment of irony that is one part Fletch, one part Regional, and Elmore Leonard-like crime.
The audiobook is well produced, but I wish I had read it with my eyeballs instead of my ears.
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Please provide links to audiobooks, etc. Thanks.
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