**KINGDOM OF THE LOST** **vOL. 4)** Subtitle: --College Life in the Fifties-- - Back Cover
Genres
Mainstream, Romance
Tags
A satanic rosary, Arnold palmer, Doomed love affairs, Literary failures, Miscegenation (as in the nineteen fifties), Shrunken heads; beads on a string, Suicide
Summary
Antihero Ryerson Goode,spending much time in his room,seeks campus literary greatness, in part to explained doomed love affair with half sister; yet finds time for other afairs with a black dirl,with a magazine editor who turns to lesbianism,and others. He also finds great conflict at home with a crazed mother, and in the ends runs off to Florida with one of his lovers,still seeking elusive literary acclaim.
Writer’s Note
Graduate BA Wake Forest University, eleven published books, 35 years experience as roving correspondent and editorialist for Baltimore Sun and Atlanta Constitution, many awards, including a season as fellow for National Endowmente for the Humanities, part share in 1970 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Many articles in nationally circulated magazines, contributions to Scripps Howard News Service.