The adjustment by Scott Phillips 217 pages

I felt guilty about not attending the author's program at the U City Library, especially since the book sounded like something I would enjoy reading. So, I took it on vacation for both my husband and me to read. PR Wayne Ogden has a messy life to match his somewhat checkered past as supply sergeant in the Quartermaster Corps during WWII. He has been receiving poison pen letters and doesn't know quite how to address the problem. His wife is pregnant and he is less than the picture of the proud papa, hinting to her that perhaps it would be better if she "lost the baby". Although he has a plum job as head of pr for Collins Aircraft in Wichita, his job's priority seems to be pimping the black market (sex and drugs) for founder and CEO Everett Collins. Maybe he would have an easier life if he re-enlisted. This is a very dark "noirish" novel with a antihero who is rather unlovable but is compelling, none-the-less.