Fred Reed Books in Order

Fred Reed collects essays reflecting on American life through memories, social criticism, and irreverent humor. His subjects range from youthful adventures to the nation's changing culture, challenging public pretensions through the observations of an outspoken journalist.

Fred Reed looks back on the upheavals and adventures of the 1960s, including hitchhiking, Texas life, and encounters outside respectable society. Personal recollections mingle with pointed commentary on politics and the cultural changes transforming America.

Drawing on his Fred on Everything columns, Reed examines American society with caustic humor and skepticism. Essays on education, cultural decline, civility, and everyday absurdities question the assumptions and public habits that repeatedly provoke his disapproval.

In this comic Vietnam War novella, military incompetence and eccentric personnel produce increasingly absurd situations. Major Egglesby and Sergeant Anesthesia Remingham inhabit a chaotic war zone where official authority offers little protection against folly and confusion.

Reed's essays move between Asian nightlife, life in Mexico, and attacks on American social pretensions. Humor and political criticism combine as he questions ideology, warfare, fashionable causes, and the institutions claiming authority over other people's lives.

Washington police reporter Robert Dawson investigates a series of ritualistic murders while navigating the city's dangerous undercurrents. His girlfriend Attila's intelligence connections complicate a case that brings journalism, secrecy, and brutal violence into uncomfortable proximity.

Reporter Robert Dawson pursues a Washington murder case involving a slain police officer, drug dealers, and covert operatives. His girlfriend Attila and a brilliant intelligence specialist become part of an investigation reaching beyond ordinary criminal motives.