Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
Audiobook7 hours
The Last Taxi Driver
Written by Lee Durkee
Narrated by Patrick Lawlor
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
A middle-aged hackie who’s about to lose his job to Uber and his girlfriend to lethargy must come to terms with his life in the face of challenges beyond his control.
Author
Lee Durkee
Lee Durkee is the author of The Last Taxi Driver, named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020, Rides of the Midway, and Stalking Shakespeare. His stories and essays have appeared in Harper’s, The Sun, Oxford American, Zoetrope: All Story, and Mississippi Noir. He lives in northern Mississippi.
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Reviews for The Last Taxi Driver
Rating: 3.6 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
5 ratings1 review
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5This book is crap. The story has no plot. It's vulgar. The narrator is below mediocre.
I feel like taking a shower to clean up after listening to it.