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A Swollen Red Sun
- Author
- Matthew McBride
- Narrator
- John McLain
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 17 June 2014
- Run Time
- 6 hours 43 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
God, drugs, corruption, and morality come together in this gripping tale of desperation.
In Gasconade County, Missouri—once called the meth capital of the world—Deputy Sheriff Dale Banks discovers $52,000 hidden in the broken-down trailer that Jerry Dean Skaggs uses for cooking crystal. And he takes it. Banks knows what he did was wrong, but he did it for all the right reasons. At least, he thinks so. But for every wrong deed, there is a consequence.
Jerry Dean can't afford to lose that $52,000—he owes it to his partners and to a crooked cop. He also can't afford to disappoint the crazed and fearsome Reverend Butch Pogue, who is expecting Jerry Dean to deliver the chemicals the reverend needs for his next batch of meth. To avoid the holy man's wrath, Jerry Dean sets in motion a series of events that will threaten Banks' family, his life, and everything he thinks he knows about the world.
Critics Review
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“Memorable, unique, and, at times, even haunting. Every character rings true from the feckless to the noble to the downright frightening…[With] dark country humor, A Swollen Red Sun is a must-read.”
Johnny Shaw, author of the Anthony Award winner Big Maria
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“Uncompromisingly gritty but surprisingly tender and quite funny…McBride’s novel combines the backwoods creepiness of Nic Pizzolatto’s HBO series True Detective, the understated country humor of Johnny Shaw’s Big Maria, and the sensitivity to character and nuance of Daniel Woodrell’s Winter’s Bone.”
Booklist (starred review)
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“Rough and ready suspense, encompassing a wide array of characters from the sour side of life, and smashing them together with vigorous and blunt prose.”
Daniel Woodrell, author of Winter’s Bone
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“This novel has it all: guns, corruption, immorality, all fused together in a blistering narrative.”
Publishers Weekly
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“A Swollen Red Sun, simply put, is an epic piece of modern crime fiction. But within that, McBride never loses his sense of powerful intimacy with the characters, their lives, their families, and their demons.”
Todd Robinson, author of The Hard Bounce
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Details
- Author
- Matthew McBride
- Narrator
- John McLain
- Duration
- 6 hours 43 minutes
- Release Date
- 17 June 2014
- ISBN
- 9781483020525
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery fiction
Synopsis
God, drugs, corruption, and morality come together in this gripping tale of desperation.In Gasconade County, Missouri—once called the meth capital of the world—Deputy Sheriff Dale Banks discovers $52,000 hidden in the broken-down trailer that Jerry Dean Skaggs uses for cooking crystal. And he takes it. Banks knows what he did was wrong, but he did it for all the right reasons. At least, he thinks so. But for every wrong deed, there is a consequence.Jerry Dean can't afford to lose that $52,000—he owes it to his partners and to a crooked cop. He also can't afford to disappoint the crazed and fearsome Reverend Butch Pogue, who is expecting Jerry Dean to deliver the chemicals the reverend needs for his next batch of meth. To avoid the holy man's wrath, Jerry Dean sets in motion a series of events that will threaten Banks' family, his life, and everything he thinks he knows about the world.
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