cover image In the City of Fear

In the City of Fear

Ward S. Just. W. W. Norton & Company, $13.95 (291pp) ISBN 978-0-393-30722-1

``Just ( The Congressman Who Loved Flaubert ) has produced another fine novel about the Washington scene, one so authentic and honest in its portrayal of the political era of the past 20 years that it reads like fact not fiction,'' praised PW . ``Whether he is writing about a cocktail party or mourning the sudden death of a good man, Just writes with a passionate conviction that keeps the reader's attention riveted.'' The hardcover appeared in 1982. (Sept.)