My Darling Boy

A Novel

De: John Dufresne

Narrado por: Kyle Snyder

A brilliant and gut-wrenching novel about a father and son from a "generous and lyric storyteller" (San Francisco Chronicle).

Known for his tragicomic voice and unforgettable characters, John Dufresne tells the story of Olney, whose beloved son, Cully, collapses into addiction and vanishes into the chaotic netherworld of southern Florida. Aided by his terminally ill girlfriend and the colorful inhabitants of a local motel—including a doomsday prepper, an ex-nun, a pair of blind twins with an acute sense of smell, and a devoutly Catholic shelter worker—Olney sets out to save his son. Hilarious and devastating in equal measure, My Darling Boy is a hero's quest for our time, a testament to families touched by the opioid crisis, and a remarkable achievement from one of our most talented authors.

©2025 John Dufresne (P)2025 Highbridge Audio

I laughed, I cried and I pondered at the end of it

I have read every book I could find of John Dufresne, His characters are always so real and come alive through his writing. I love his stories! As a Floridian, I can appreciate all the details he writes into this story. "Mas azucar!" A Cuban character exclaims, indicating how life can be both bitter (the dark Cuban coffee) and sweet (the mounds of sugar he pours into his coffee.) At least, that is the way I interpreted it.

This is my first Audible version of John's, and I confess I was a bit hesitant because sometimes a narrator can completely wreck a story. I was not disappointed. The narrator had me laughing aloud or silently weeping as I cleaned the kitchen. I finished listening in three days!

Loved it! Thanks, Prof. Dufresne, for creating a story I will be pondering about for a long time to come.

Random people from Florida making bad life choices

Too many random characters that are very uninspiring. Seems like a bunch of filler that prevents the book from having a cohesive story about the father and son.