The Dropper cover art

The Dropper

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 Months Free

£5.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Get this deal
Offer ends on 15 July 2026 at 11:59 BST.
More purchase options

The Dropper

By: Ron McLarty
Narrated by: Ron McLarty
Get this deal

£5.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.

Buy Now for £12.78

Buy Now for £12.78

After the death of his mother, Albert "Shoe" Horn is left to provide for his alcoholic father and look after his younger brother Bobby—a teenager with the mind of a child. After Shoe inadvertently kills a man in a fight, he must try to balance the need to protect his brother and his desire to protect himself. Shoe’s story unfolds against the 1922 union strikes in England, as he must choose between living his father’s life, with his brother, or a new life in America, alone.©2009 Ron McLarty; (P)2009 Random House Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1
All stars
Most relevant
I love Ron as a narrator...I've read so many of his books. So when I saw he'd written one, I thought; good for you and bought it straight away!
I begin with the fact that I couldn't finish it...my bad, but gosh it was brutal! Even as a narrator he didn't kick it-and that's a first from me.
I think perhaps I'll try and simply read it-but the audio certainly wasn't digestible for me! Still love his voice though :))

Hmmmmm :?

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I am finding it hard to listen to- set in England but narrated by an American. Worse, the narrator cannot even pronounce Morecombe Bay properly. Even Barrow-in-Furness gets mangled. Sloppy narration!

The Dropper

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
has to be the best book i have listened to in a very long time.a must read.ron mclarty is at his best in this production

the best book i have listened to

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.