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Novelist Stephen Wright.

Novelist Stephen Wright. He's written three novels, all described by one critic as creating a "bleak vision of America haunted by Vietnam, desperate with boredom, eager to kill, gaga over flying saucers, addled by drugs, lobotomized by television." Wright's latest novel is "Going Native," (Farrar Straus Giroux) about a serial killer who seems to come from out of nowhere. In fact, he emerges out of a suburban neighborhood, steals a car, and heads for California. Wright says the inspiration for his new novel was the stories he's seen on "America's Most Wanted."

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Other segments from the episode on January 24, 1994

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, January 24, 1994: Interview with Erik Larson; Review of Morphine's album "Cure for Pain"; Interview with Stephen Wright; Review of the film "Intersection."

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