Hillbilly Hustle

Name: Hillbilly Hustle
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Wesley Browne
ISBN: 9798350823561

Author: Wesley Browne

Narrator: Tyler Darby

Unabridged: 7 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/05/2023

Categories: Fiction, Southern, Crime

Synopsis

Knox Thompson thinks he's working a hustle, but it's a hustle that's working him. Trying to keep his pizza shop and parents afloat, he cleans out a backroom Kentucky poker game only to be roped into dealing marijuana by the proprietor—an arrangement Knox only halfheartedly resists.

Knox's shop makes the perfect front for a marijuana operation, but his supplier turns out to be violent and calculating, and Knox ends up under his thumb. It's not long before more than just the pizza shop is at risk.

About Wesley Browne

Wesley Browne is the founder and host of Pages & Pints Reading Series at Apollo Pizza in Richmond, Kentucky. He lives with his wife and two sons in Madison County, where he practices law, co-owns and helps manage local restaurants and a music venue, and coaches sports. Hillbilly Hustle is his debut book.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rebecca

Oh, how I love a book that leaves me with a smile on my face! And Hillbilly Hustle, by Wes Browne, is the first book to do that since I read Fredrick Backman's My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry. There's so much to love about this book, the writing is outstanding, the plot is brilliant,......more

Goodreads review by Adam

Uncut Pies (2020, dir. Josh and Benny Safdie)......more

Goodreads review by Mark

If The Big Lebowski, Justified, and Elmore Leonard all got together and had a baby this is what you’d get. Terrific read.......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth

This is a fast-paced exciting book and I couldn’t put it down. I loved every minute of it. I only wished it could have gone on for another adventure, and I hope there’s a follow up. Browne’s characters are well drawn and the voices coming from central and Appalachian Kentucky ring authentic. These ar......more