hit and run accidents

The News Where You Are by Catherine O’Flynn


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Oct 15, 2010

news1.jpgI’m not sure why I picked up this book, but I’m glad I did.  It is quite compatibly a mystery, a reflection on old-age, and a commentary on contemporary standards of usefulness, whether of people, institutions, or buildings. The prologue opens with an ending and a question, and the chapters that follow delve into the intricacies of the human condition, albeit with a light hand.  Frank Allcroft, a television news anchor, is dealing with loss—the hit-and-run death of his long-time friend and predecessor at the news, and the systematic demolition of  his architect  father’s postwar buildings