THE LAST TAXI DRIVER

If you didn't know better, you'd be forgiven for thinking this audiobook is a memoir, not a novel. Patrick Lawlor narrates Durkee's dark, funny, and, at times, disturbing novel in a way that makes the listener believe that the narrator and author are one and the same. The story of a former college professor, now a cab driver in Mississippi, is riveting in its depiction of life among the downtrodden, the forgotten, and the desperate. Add in a criminal element, and you have a listen that seems all too real. Lawlor delivers a pitch-perfect narration--so much so that you may believe you're in the back seat of a cab as you listen. J.P.S. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2020]