A Mystery Novel Localizes The Awesome Force

Popular Culture Is Inescapable In The U.s. Why Not Use It?

It Frequently Happens That I Begin A Novel With Just A Visual Image Of Something, A Vague Sense Of People In Three Dimensional Space.

I've Always Felt That My Subject Was Living In Dangerous Times.

People Stress The Violence. That's The Smallest Part Of It. Football Is Brutal Only From A Distance. In The Middle Of It There's A Calm, A Tranquility. The Players Accept Pain. There's A Sense Of Order Even At The End Of A Running Play With Bodies Strewn Everywhere. When The Systems Interlock, There's A Satisfaction To The Game That Can't Be Duplicated. There's A Harmony.

People Think About Who They Are In The Stillest Hour Of The Night.