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...DUTCH SHEA, JR. by John Gregory Dunne Linden Press/Simon & Schuster 352 pages...
...True Confessions (1977) know the author as a connoisseur of the raffish, the macabre and the sleazy. They also know how deftly Dunne snatches sentiment from the jaws of cynicism, and how he can cut a plot line with fine malice. But in his new novel, Dutch Shea, Jr., sentiment is savagely chewed and the free association of memory is substituted for plot...
...style for a novel that has the marks of popular entertainment. Most readers still prefer their sex, violence and profanity served in a direct, fast-moving narrative. Still, Dunne may be on to something. In an age of soft-core TV, it is not hard to imagine John ("Dutch") Shea Jr. as the king of the bedtime talk shows, filling the night with tales of greed and lust...
...Shea said that he hopes to receive a check in the mail from Washington, adding, "then we can put on a little song and dance ourselves, with a couple of atrocities thrown...
...Although Shea said that $350,000 was spent in the production of the program, an ICA spokesman said almost all of that money was reimbursed to the government through private donations. These private donors included Mobil Oil, Dow-Corning Corp., and Quaker Outs...