Hardcover. NY, Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence, 1st, 1989, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The underworld of tabloid journalism and the people who work in it provide some of the witty, wisecracking dialogue in this quasi-detective novel. Kotzwinkle is the author of The Fan Man, Dr. Rat and Fata Morgana. He has won various awards and the praise of, among others, Kurt Vonnegut, Dan Wakefield and various national media. Clean copy.