The Long Haul can be almost shamefully enjoyable, allowing readers to have their fix of 'fabulous-life-of' porn and class outrage, too. [T]he stories Murphy tells . my goodness, how astonishing they are, and how moving, and how funny, and how just plain weird. -- Jennifer Senior (New York Times Book Review) Like priests, movers shepherd us through life's transitions; like cowboys, truckers drive the roads we'll never know. Both see America in ways the rest of us don't. In The Long Haul, Murphy . bring[s] us into his semi-mythic world. -- Joshua Rothman (The New Yorker) The Long Haul delivers because it is a survey of a culture fused to a working man's memoir--and Murphy, smartly, avoids sentiment and lazy comparisons.

-- Jeffery Gleaves (The Paris Review) A rare, fascinating glimpse into the lives of big-rig pilots and the people they move. The Long Haul beguil[es] readers with wit, wisdom and observations born from decades in transit. -- Jason Blevins (Denver Post) There's nothing semi about Finn Murphy's trucking tales of The Long Haul. -- Sloane Crosley (Vanity Fair) A veteran driver's informative, humorous and beautifully detailed memoir. It's a hoot to ride along with Murphy. -- Irene Wanner (The Seattle Times) It's [Murphy's] rich perspective as a mover that makes this story of trucking life so insightful. A well-written story that rarely slows down. -- Nathan Deuel (Los Angeles Times) Finn Murphy .

bring[s] readers along for a rollicking ride through a trucker's world and [provides] an insider's eye, pairing it with an involving series of encounters. -- The Midwest Book Review.