Lawson's world is populated by small-town folk with big hearts, men who fall for the girl next door and never forget her.

NPR: Doyle Lawson, Digging Deep

The men were banging down the door for new assignments, promotions, the next thing to do, the next thing that stretches them.

NEWYORKER: A Woman��s Place

And yet next to this frenzy there are two men hunkered over a low table on the veranda of the shop next door no shoes, no shirts playing draughts.

NEWYORKER: Baptizing the Gun