Rumor Has It (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Dickinson
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1990’s
- Setting: Chicago
- Principal Characters: Danny Fain, Rita Fain, Walter Derringer, Muff Greene, Tim Penn, Lucy Spriggs, Dana Viola, Alexandra Jones
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Murder or homicide, Chicago, Victims, Drugs, Newspapers, Labor unions, Halloween
- Locales: Chicago, IL
In a commuter train on his way to work on Halloween morning, Danny Fain sees, or thinks he sees, an accident on the street below. Fain has a quick glimpse of a boy, dressed in Halloween costume, being hit by a car and thrown through the air. No other passengers see the incident, and Fain cannot be sure the boy was seriously injured, or even that he was hit.
The offices of the Chicago Bugle are a madhouse. Early in the working day the head man, Derringer, announces to a stunned staff that the paper’s owners have decided to close it down. Reporters, editors, and columnists...
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