The Paperboy. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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The Paperboy
Pete Dexter, 1995
movie vs book
Lee Daniels, 2012

Anita, the former maid of the Jansen family, recounts the events of the summer of 1969 when Ward Jansen, an idealistic reporter, came back to his hometown of Lately in Moat County, Florida, to investigate the events surrounding the 1965 murder of a violent and unscrupulous local sheriff, Thurmond Call.