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.<p> The reporter wrestles with his tangled feelings and a society's mixed morality while working at a career that has dominated his existence.<p>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.<p>This happenchance meeting of a reporter and a prostitute forces an exploration of personal and societal assumptions.