New York: Doubleday, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel by the author of FORREST GUMP - the "story of one man's life, a life which moves swiftly from an elite upbringing in Bienville to a haunting combat experience in Vietnam, from days as a Washington journalist to a quicksilver Broadway career." When he returns to his deep South hometown of Bienville to take over the newspaper there, he finds a place riddled with political corruption, with intrigue, and with murder. 302 pp. ISBN: 9780385235761.