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The Killing of Butterfly Joe

By: Rhidian Brook
Narrated by: Thomas Hunt
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About this listen

'A wonderful entertainment' The Times
'Larger-than-life fun' Daily Mail

'I killed Joe once, in a manner of speaking. But not twice. Not in the way you mean.'

Llew Jones wanted to see the States and write about the experience. Then he met Joe Bosco, a butterfly salesman as charismatic as he is infuriating, and they were soon hurtling across 1980s America together, caught up in an adventure that got way, way out of control. Now Llew is in jail, his friend is gone, and he has to give his side of the story if he’s ever going to get free . . .

Part existential road trip, part neo-gothic thriller, part morality tale, The Killing of Butterfly Joe by Rhidian Brook is a dazzling and propulsive novel full of characters you’ll never forget. An epic story of friendship, desire, and participating in the Great American Dream – ‘the one that leads from rags to riches via pitches’ – whatever the consequences.

©2018 Rhidian Brook (P)2018 Macmillan Digital Audio Espionage Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Fiction Suspense

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I Loved this book. Engaging. A page turner. Thought provoking too. Excellent. Thank you Rhidian

an excellent book

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A great production of a really different book. The characters drawn by Rhidian Brook were brilliantly portrayed by Thomas Hunt in a thought provoking, funny, sometimes tragic story.

Superb

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