I agree with Mario and Kevin regarding Clancy; he's not
hardboiled and
he's not a good writer (or even average). One of the
professional low
points of my job as a reporter was an assignment two years
ago to cover
Clancy at the University of Notre Dame's annual Sophomore
Literary
Festival. The SLF is one of the oldest and most
respected
university-based literary festivals in the country, but
Clancy soiled
its reputation for many years to come. At one point, he said
the biggest
mistake this country ever made was granting women the right
to vote.
This, of course, was his most extreme statement, but it was
by no means
atypical of Clancy's base behavior that weekend.
Andy
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