I just finished this one myself a couple night ago, and was
similarly pleased with it. I don't think it ranks with his
best work--and that cover is atrocious--but it's an
entertaining and insightful work. It's also surprisingly
quiet.
Ron C.
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
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> Behalf Of Nathan Cain
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 4:50 PM
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> Subject: RARA-AVIS: Sleeping Dogs-Ed
Gorman
>
> 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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