Interruption of the Cocktail Hour: A Washington Yarn of Art, Murder, and the Attempted Assassination of the President

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By Cotton Moore ’58

Published Jan. 21, 2016

In this black comedy, painter Pete Preston is struggling to make ends meet when he happens upon a killing device that might prove beneficial to his career. He eventually — and correctly — defines himself as a serial killer who worries more about making the right murderous choices than about being caught. Arthur Cotton Moore ’58 *60 is an award-winning architect and painter in Washington, D.C.

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