Daniel Lilienthal had lived his days like a foregone conclusion in the shadow of his father's will for him. Then he gets a camera, and his world becomes clearer. Seeing life more in depth through the viewfinder, he begins to find the strength he had locked away. Photography teaches him that looking at the world through the lens can reveal more than the mind knows about the person behind it. Along the way, he meets Johanna and discovers what it is to love and be loved, even through the gloom of denial. He realizes that there can be no love-no freedom-without sacrifice.
The Weight of Indifference follows Daniel's burgeoning career as a photojournalist through his coverage of the Watts riots in Los Angeles, the anti-war protests at Berkeley, the Monterey Pop festival, and the Summer of Love. His newspaper then posts him in Saigon to cover the Vietnam war. There, he witnesses how the military powers can stifle the press, as they spin the war toward public relations. The Military Joint Public Affairs Office prevails over Daniel and his crew, until they happen upon the My Lai massacre in March 1968. Through its horror, he makes a stand and comes to terms with his purpose in life.
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David (D.H.) Robbins has been actively writing fiction for nearly 30 years. The settings of his
novels is the 1960s. His first published novel, "The Tu-tone DeSoto" (2014), introduces eight
teenagers growing up in Iowa. A young adult novel, the story focuses on the kids' relationships
with their parents and among themselves as they come of age during the veiled turbulence
underlying The Kennedy Years (1960-63). His second published novel, "The Reverend" is a crime
mystery centered around a serial killer-priest in New York City, 1963-4.
A former publications art director/designer, he is also an interactive media strategist. He's
the co-author of two design reference books: "Motion by Design" (Laurence King, 2006) and
"Visual Effects Artistry" (Elsevier Press, 2009). He currently presents a lecture/discussion series
on "The 1960s -Revisiting a Crucial Decade." He also teaches a fiction writing course for new writers. Robbins was born in Darien, Connecticut and currently lives in Simsbury, Connecticut where he continues to type away on his novels and short stories.
