Town Hall - Paperback

by Clay Hutto (Author)

Town Hall is a novel about the comical and dramatic events that take place in the town of Buffalo City when President Carter arrives to hold a town hall. The novel is told from the perspective of five characters: Millard Greeley, the fatuous publisher of the newspaper who also happens to be mayor; Byron Mors, Greeley's nemesis, and the town's mortician and an intellectual who suffers from erotomania; Dale Smith, the young reporter who has his story of the big event censored; Carol Greeley, the mayor's wife, who is admired by her fellow Buffalonians although they wonder why she married Greeley; and Harley Dee Grubbs, the potential assassin who believes that the President's visit will provide him a chance of fulfilling his destiny. Town Hall deftly satirizes politics, journalism, and small town conventions. It's funny and poignant and completely original.

Author Biography

Clay Hutto was raised in Oklahoma and his first newspaper job was in the town where President Carter visited to hold a town hall. He worked in journalism for a decade then taught journalism and writing courses at various universities across the country. He presently lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and his menagerie of pets.