Don't Ask, Don't Tell

A veteran sports columnist unexpectedly loses his job. A rebellious young writer takes a weed-clouded trip to Southern California with a tawdry dropout. An English teacher at a prep school toils in vain on a breakthrough novel, watching his teen-aged pupils grow rebellious and decadent. All are related. All are drawn together as they gradually learn they are pawns in a vast illegal conspiracy. The columnist's new job is not one he chooses. The young writer mistakenly believes she is selling...