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4:20   This fourth novel does not fit easily into the crime fiction genre. There is no gunfire, little physical violence, no policemen or private detectives.  This is smart, thoughtful literary fiction, very dark, with most characters lacking any character.   It is 1986. The protagonist, Raymond Locke, works for Public Domain, a public relations firm in fictional St. Carlton, Indiana, on Lake Michigan. The setting doesn’t matter much. Human greed, lust, folly, stupidit...

Pages: 382  Dark Novel Explores the Ethics of Damage Control PR  In the 1980s, Lynn Kostoff was an instructor at UA, then held the post of writer-in-residence at Francis Marion College in South Carolina for 32 years. Recently he retired.  © 2021 Alabama Public Radio (800) 654-4262