title: Occupational Hazards: A Novel
author:  Jonathan Segura 
description: "Bernard Cockburn, a beat reporter in his early 30s for the <i>Omaha Weekly News-Telegraph</i>, pounds the fearsome streets of Omaha, Neb., in Segura's crisp, raunchily amusing debut...With an emphasis on the protagonist's angst, Cockburn is the sort of dysfunctional dude-immature, posturing, hapless-that will keep readers intrigued and should appeal especially to fans of Chuck Palahniuk and Arthur Nersesian." --<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br /><br />"Twenty-something Bernard Cockburn is a dead-end guy in a dead-end job: a drug-fuddled, rather lazy burnout who works as a crime reporter for a weekly newspaper. Yet in the way of noir heroes, he has a doggedness that could be either a sneaky integrity or just another kind of self-destructiveness. [Segura] handles the hard-boiled conventions with unusual resourcefulness....Best of all, this hero stays stubbornly anti; there's no magical late-book reformation....smart, fast-paced, cleverly plotted and with a gritty and persuasive city setting -- an auspicious debut." --<i>Kirkus Reviews </i><br /><br />"[A] savagely funny first novel...The beauty of [<i>Occupational Hazards</i>] is Segura's ability to walk a line between the comedy and the horror of Burn's story. He's a true louse and a world-class cynic, but he's a better man than the corrupt officials and vice lords he's out to nail. Plus he's one hell of a funny narrator. For long stretches, the plot fades into the background and we simply enjoy (if we are so inclined) Burn's portrayal of his deplorable life and the toxic world he inhabits." --<i>Washington Post</i>
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  Occupational Hazard
  
  
  
  
  
  The Ultimate Workplace Romance Box Set
  
  
  
  
  
  Eve Langlais
  
  
  
  
  
  Cathryn Fox
  
  
  
  
  
  Mandy Harbin
  
  
  
  
  
  Parker Kincade
  
  
  
  
  
  Cassandra Carr
  
  
  
  
  
  Ann Mayburn
  
  
  
  
  
  Ros Clarke
  
  
  
  
  
  Lilly Cain
  
  
  
  
  
  Delilah Devlin
  
  
  
  
  
  Cari Quinn
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © May 2014
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  
  
  
  Cover design by Kim Killion © April 2014
  
  
  
  
  
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  Penning Princess Publishing
  
  
  
  
  
  P.O. Box 13188, Maumelle, AR 72113
  
  
  
  
  
  www.penningprincess.com
  
  
  
  
  
  ISBN: 978-1-941467-03-9
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or
  places, events or locales is purely coincidental. The characters are
  productions of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously.
  
  
  
  
  
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