No Holds Barred

The ridiculous plot of this pulp trash novel is as follows: disgraced big city reporter winds up in small town; proves his investigative reporting skills in the local paper; is hired by rich media baron to do press for his corrupt political campaign… as a means of preventing him from covering the campaign or something (?); reporter actually planned this all along as a ruse to destroy ol’ richy-richy; um, S & M, lesbianism and the usual pulp sleaze; a stabbing and then all is well. Super realistic.