October 19,2007

The Boston Globe

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By Meredith Goldstein

Reading The reading series "Four Stories" continues at the Enormous Room tonight with a special theme: The Seven Deadly Sins: Stories of Vice and Scandal. At 7, you can hear from Lawrence Douglas, author of "The Catastrophist "; local investigative reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan, who will soon release the mystery novel "Prime Time "; Boston College professor Andrew McAleer, who teaches mystery writing; and Luke Salisbury, author of "The Answer Is Baseball." Local author Steve Almond isn't scheduled to read, but he does know a thing or two about vices and has agreed to DJ. Music starts at 6. The event runs from 7 to 9. Free. Enormous Room, 567 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 617-491-5550. fourstories.org