I read Ed Gorman's new novel over the holiday weekend, and I
found it to be quite entertaining. It's a political thriller,
but not in the
"Oh my God! Terrorists are trying to kill the President!"
sense. (It's hard to get worked up over those sort of
thrillers because the position of vice president exists
because the Founding Fathers, in their great wisdom, realized
that a lot of people would probably want to kill the
president at any given time.) Gorman's novel is about the
real, very unglamorous world of campaigning, and the people
who do it from the candidates on down. It's quite believable
and well paced, and even the minor characters end up being
complex and well rounded. I bought this book because of
strong recommendations on a few blogs, and I was not
disappointed.
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