All of the Night

He has landed a journalistic job at the Universal Press Agency inWashington (not state), but the graveyard shift and a strange roommatefail to boost Albert Nostrans morale. A big news event would improvematters, but then it is his worst nightmare: JOHN LENNON IS SHOT. Notsufficiently trained, more a litterateur than a reporter, his dispatchesfail to elicit unadulterated praise. A ray of hope, however, materializesin the presence of an iconoclastic copy girl. Charming, but. A series of less than inspiring/resume-unfit jobs ensue until anothernewspaper man turns the main character on to the notion of freelancing. A more down-to-earth lass provides him with multi-layeredopportunity. In ALL OF THE NIGHT, we are plunged inside the world of the pressagency, journalism and beyond (and below). A recent collegegraduate, nibbled at by a couple of above-average demons, wrestlesto emerge in the world of full-blown, chafing adults. Like the critically acclaimed The Big Jiggety and Pop the Plug (checkXlibris and Amazon), All of the Night is laced with a compelling blendof humor and pathos, underscored by Nostrans piquant, sometimesprofound, seldom pedestrian, commentary and a panoply of (despitethe night) colorful characters giving the protagonist a reason or two topush ahead even though (or perhaps because) the deck is stackedwith jokers.