A Decency Zone

A lonely reporter on a southern daily newspaper becomes obsessed with a beautiful young woman only to find himself entangled in the bleak life of a prostitute. The complicated relationship is mired in a small city's political shenanigans and journalistic ambivalences.

The reporter wrestles with his tangled feelings and a society's mixed morality while working at a career that has dominated his existence.

Complicating his life more is interactions with fellow workers who have serious personal problems of their own. The book explores the difficulty of finding an honest and moral position in a world of contradictions.

This happenchance meeting of a reporter and a prostitute forces an exploration of personal and societal assumptions.

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