It is Thompson's second novel, preceded by the still-unpublished Prince Jellyfish. Set in the late 1950s, the novel encompasses a tangled love story involving jealousy, treachery and violent alcoholic lust among the Americans who staff the newspaper. More @Wikipedia
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