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Steve Sohmer Favorite Son
Bantam 19880101 0553273108 / 9780553273106 MM Very Good
0553273108 0553273108 Publishers Weekly Ever since Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald to death before the cameras, the dirty little secret of American news broadcasting has been that public assassination has become the most obscenely fascinating form of modern voyeurism. Former top exec at Columbia Pictures, NBC and CBS, Sohmer launches his first novel with such an assassination on live TV. The victim is a Nicaraguan Contra leader, and the wounded senator beside him, Terry Fallon, is elevated to shallow popularity just days before the 1988 presidential nominating convention. Following this garish beginning comes the author's calculated choice of two foul-mouthed FBI washups, Dave Ross and Joe Mancuso, to find the killer. But Sohmer has more subtle aims than are at first apparent. With Fallon a hope to bolster the sagging reelection bid of President Sam Baker, and V-P Dan Eastman unwilling to step aside for Fallon, this thriller unexpectedly becomes the kind of deeply involving novel that hardball-playing Washington serves up best. The vanities of the power-obsessed and politically conniving characters and the events they set in motion mix with the hunt for an assassin whose identity isn't nearly as intriguing as that of the conspirators who chose him. Favorite Son speeds up to become an intensely plotted, fast-moving narrative that makes the nation's capital as classic a city for excitement as the New York of Lawrence Sanders's First Deadly Sin. 75,000 first printing; $75,000 ad/promo; Literary Guild main selection; author tour. (November) Library Journal A young teacher starts out in Texas grassroots politics, vaults to the Senate trumpeting the cause of Nicaragua, and, in the aftermath of an assassination, emerges as chief contender for the presidency. Two FBI agents investigating the assassination uncover facts that point to deep and dirty secrets. The younger agent is killed and the cynical veteran vows to avenge him. The author of this fast-moving first novel, once an executive in the entertainment business, pours on political and pathological skullduggery that mixes the incredible, the horrifying, and the patriotic. He reveals a good grasp of political intrigue and a sharp ear for dialogue. Shooting for the best seller lists, this thriller underscores America's need for a return of the good guys. Barbara Conaty, Library of Congress
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Steve Sohmer Patriots
Random House 0679402071 / 9780679402077 Hardcover Good
0679402071 0679402071 Hardcover, Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out
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