Dirty White Boys Author:Stephen Hunter Lamar Pye has escaped from Oklahoma State Penitentiary, accompanied by his idiot cousin and a vicious but cowardly artist. To have stayed in prison was certain death, but his chances on the outside are not much greater: his excesses know no bounds - one killing follows another. But one murder brings his nemesis upon him: Bud Pewtie of the Highwa... more »y Patrol loses his partner in a blood-soaked shoot-out with Lamar, and from that moment on, nothing will stop him from getting even.« less
I did not like the criminals, but I did not like the protagonist Oklahoma State Trooper (our hero) either. I'm supposed to really hate the bad guys and love the good guys. It just did not work for me.
DIRTY WHITE BOYS By Stephen Hunter, Read By Will Patton, 1994, Abridged, approximately three hours, ISBN 1-57042-192-7. 3 psychopaths stage a daring break from a maximum and security prison. Their freedom results an unprecedented killing spree that soaks Oklahoma in blood. Bud Pewtie, a tough school headed veteran detective sets off on their trail. When the three killers threaten the lives of his teenage son and the woman loves, Bud's determination to track them becomes personal. The suspenseful climax is intense and powerful.
