This "laugh-out-loud" novel looks at "the absurdity of journalism through the eyes of a (chronologically) grown-up Holden Caulfield" (Kirkus Reviews).
In North Carolina, reporter Kurt Clausen delights both women and his editors with his sense of humor - that is, until they get tired of him and dump him. Beneath his wisecracking exterior, he's really just a lonely alcoholic who can't seem to stay employed. He loves newspapers - when he doesn't hate them. But now he has a new girlfriend, Janice, and a new job, and he's trying to give it his all.
As he puts his unique stamp on stories ranging from a KKK march to a gay police chief to a possibly violent kindergarten teacher, Kurt might be turning things around - or he may be about to mess it all up again - in this novel filled with "hilariously on-target gibes at journalistic practice" that "admirably balances humor with serious feeling" (Kirkus Reviews).
"A cast of sympathetic characters and nearly nonstop wisecracks and one-liners highlight this spirited and appealing first novel." - Library Journal
"Funny and touching." - The New York Times Book Review
Genre: General Fiction
In North Carolina, reporter Kurt Clausen delights both women and his editors with his sense of humor - that is, until they get tired of him and dump him. Beneath his wisecracking exterior, he's really just a lonely alcoholic who can't seem to stay employed. He loves newspapers - when he doesn't hate them. But now he has a new girlfriend, Janice, and a new job, and he's trying to give it his all.
As he puts his unique stamp on stories ranging from a KKK march to a gay police chief to a possibly violent kindergarten teacher, Kurt might be turning things around - or he may be about to mess it all up again - in this novel filled with "hilariously on-target gibes at journalistic practice" that "admirably balances humor with serious feeling" (Kirkus Reviews).
"A cast of sympathetic characters and nearly nonstop wisecracks and one-liners highlight this spirited and appealing first novel." - Library Journal
"Funny and touching." - The New York Times Book Review
Genre: General Fiction
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