Brian, this is terrific. I saw the review and my first thought was to wonder if it was the same Brian Thornton. My second though, given that it appeared in the Washington Post, was to wish the review had been farmed out to George Pelecanos. ;)
I'm looking forward to reading this.
Chris
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Brian Thornton <bthorntonwriter@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Fellow Rare Birds-
>
> Please forgive the slightly off-topic post, but I wanted to share with the
> list the Washington Post's review of my "historical true crime" book: THE
> BOOK OF BASTARDS: 101 WORST SCOUNDRELS AND SCANDALS FROM THE WORLD OF
> POLITICS AND POWER. It focuses solely on blackguards of the American
> variety- I'm currently in negotiations with the publisher about at least one
> sequel (Ancient and Medieval bastards).
>
> Anyway, in case you're interested, here's the link:
>
> http://voices.washingtonpost.com/political-bookworm/2010/08/political_bastards_then_and_no.html
>
> All the Best-
>
> Brian
>
>
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