Win an evening of food and conversation with critically acclaimed author Sebastian Junger.

From the author of The Perfect Storm comes a chronicle of three lives that collide — and ultimately are destroyed — in the vortex of one of the first and most controversial serial murder cases in America. A Death in Belmont is Junger's exciting and personally charged account of the Boston Strangler.

If your name is chosen, you and a guest will join Mr. Junger after his reading for coffee, dessert, and conversation about his award-winning writing, his unbelievable adventures as a journalist, and his latest book, A Death in Belmont. Contest winner and guests each also receive a copy of A Death in Belmont.

This exclusive night out with the author will be hosted by Powell's at Bluehour after Junger's reading on May 4.

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THE FINE PRINT All entries must be received by April 20, 2006. The contest winner will be announced on April 24, and the coffee, dessert, and confab with Sebastian Junger will follow his reading at the First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th Ave, downtown Portland, at 7:30pm on May 4.

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