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What a hectic life Chapman Murphy leads. Helter-skelter might be a more accurate description of the tangled braiding of Murphy’s professional and personal lives.
Murphy is the kind, well-meaning protagonist of Bill O’Neill’s second novel “Short Session.” The title refers to the month-long session the New Mexico Legislature holds in alternating years. The Roundhouse is one of the book’s settings.
The novel’s numerous scenes and their chatty dialogue seemingly fly throughout the book.
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Murphy is development director for Hope House, a respected nonprofit halfway house for New Mexico parolees. So he’s learning the art of “the ask.”