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Reviewed on October 15, 2015 | Fiction
The attempted assassination of President Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. and the 1982 murder of a ten-year-old girl by her mother in Washington, DC, are the inspiration for this debut. Kleine's stand-in for Hinckley is Jeff Hackney, a troubled loner pressured by his family to make something of himself. His delusions of a music career and obsession with a starlet bring him first to California and then, fatefully, to the nation's...Log In or Sign Up to Read More