Begin to Exit Here: A Novel of the Wayward Press

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,...