Manifest Infamy

Slacker George Young accidentally lands a job at a small AM station in Leesburg, Virginia. He hopes to begin a career and to finally, maybe, grow up. Working as a reporter and newscaster, George meets a wide variety of locals. Soon, he learns there are hidden forces at work in the county that pit developers against farmers and suburbanites against country folk. He also meets Rose Adams, who captures his heart with a glance, and Steve Jones, who may be an ex-CIA assassin who believes George was sent to kill him. Adding to Georgeas confusion are anonymous letters containing scandalous statements about local residents. Why does someone want them aired, and why did they choose George to air them? Motives remain hidden. People are rarely what they seem. This modern tale is told in an engaging voice that will make you smile, make you laugh, and make you want to keep reading.

ISBN 1424159709   Pages 382 ISBN13 9781424159703 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher PublishAmerica   Weight (grammes) 560 Imprint PublishAmerica   Published in Frederick Format Paperback   Height (mm) 229 Publication date 12 Feb 2007   Width (mm) 152 DEWEY 813.6   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General

George Young lands what he believes is his dream job. A chance to start over and get on the right path, totally by accident unbeknownst to George, he lands the assistant news reporter job at WIZZ 1200 AM in Leesburg, Virginia. Sharing a home on the top of the mountain with an awesome view with Ralph an old friend whos kind of quirky and likes to walk around in the nude. Suddenly Ralph disappears and leaves George on his own. The boring meetings and never ending days with very little pay and outdated equipment sometimes makes the job hard to bear but its a new beginning and a chance to grow up.

He meets many of the locals whom all have secrets of their own. The station personalities from his boss work driven, diet coke drinking Colleen to fat Ted with his obnoxious eating habits. The areas other newspaper and radio reporters strange Howard Percy who George wonders if hes gay and the beautiful Rose Adams whom George cant take his eyes off of. The town council with personality clashes who struggle to agree on anything and just why is Mayor Dawson always fifteen minutes late for the council meetings? The Board of Supervisors who all seem to have their own political agendas with Town Manager Steve Jones ex-CIA assassin believes George is out to kill him so he must kill him first, delusional Councilman Roger Digby who cant understand why Council chairman Bill Burton doesnt like him and want to be his friend and a whole host of other characters. And what about the mysterious letters George receives with the slanderous statements against some of the local residents, who sent them and why do they want read on the air and why did they chose George to air them?

Actually Manifest Infamy reads like four novels in one, which is a great thing as author Steve Golighty does an awesome job with the character descriptions that you come away with a clear picture of each one and a feeling that you know them personally. Read Georges life, the stations employees and other reporters lives, the town council and the board of supervisors lives then how they all intermingle with each other. No one is sure of anyone and no one is sure they can trust anyone.

This modern day tale could be set anywhere in small town America. Youll smile, youll giggle, youll laugh out loud at some of the conversations and antics and know that it could all really happen. And poor George as him and Rose struggle at romance but with meetings and deadlines with conflicting schedules youll wonder if they ever will get together.

Actually youll wonder if youre reading a true story instead of a work of fiction. Since author Steve Golightly has a bachelors degree from the University of Maryland in English literature, in the Navy he did broadcast journalism and he worked at WAGE Radio in Leesburg, Virginia as a reporter and newscaster you wonder if this is a story out of Steves own life as he seems to be an expert. - Cheri Clay



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