The Long Haul: A Trucker’s Tales of Life on the Road

Murphy recounts some of his more curious, amusing, and private moments as a lifer in the long-haul moving business. During his career he has driven across the country innumerable times in large trucks, loading and unloading people’s lives; through these adventures, he shares the trade lingo (“bed bug hauler” is trucker lingo for a mover like him), secrets (movers could care less about people’s stuff), and challenges (exactly how you back a truck down a winding, narrow road). Campbell’s genial and scratchy voice perfectly matches the tone of Murphy’s prose and Murphy’s demographic. Campbell is also able to tease out the more emotionally tense moments, projecting the anger and frustration when Murphy confronts his boss or relaying the tenderness the author feels towards a companion he picks up on the side of the road. It’s the perfect audiobook for a long drive. A Norton hardcover. (June)