The President is Missing: a Novel
““Oh?” She hadn’t heard that. You never know with these justices, most of whom stay in their seats until they’re well into their eighties. “Who?” He turns and looks at her, his eyes narrowing, a poker face. Deciding, she thinks. Deciding whether to tell me.
“Whitman got some very bad news from his doctor a week ago,” he says.
“Justice Whitman is…” “It was bad news,” he says. “Voluntarily or otherwise, he won’t make it through this presidential term. He’s being urged to step down right no...w.” “I’m sorry to hear that,” she says.
“Are you?” A wry smile creeps across his face. “Anyway, do you know what hasn’t happened in a long time? There’s been no midwesterner on the Supreme Court since John Paul Stevens. Nobody from a federal court like…oh, like the Seventh Circuit.MoreLess
“Whitman got some very bad news from his doctor a week ago,” he says.
“Justice Whitman is…” “It was bad news,” he says. “Voluntarily or otherwise, he won’t make it through this presidential term. He’s being urged to step down right no...w.” “I’m sorry to hear that,” she says.
“Are you?” A wry smile creeps across his face. “Anyway, do you know what hasn’t happened in a long time? There’s been no midwesterner on the Supreme Court since John Paul Stevens. Nobody from a federal court like…oh, like the Seventh Circuit.MoreLess
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Guest 4 years ago
It followed the usual predictable lines, including the very last second "rescue".The kind of story where the end was already known before the beginning. A oor subject to write about, and I'm left puzzled as to what literary or "expert" aid Clnto gave. One good thing is that the move by move sex scenes were absent, also the spectacle of the very sunptuous meals complete with vintge champagnes and brandies, cost ing in the thousands, were absent. We do not need a step by step description of every move, every unrobing, every bite eaten, every entry into and out of a room detailed step-by-step...otherwise we'll succumb to the mindless rage which accompanies that 3 Stooges skit "Niagara Falls"...Spare us more of this crap. Oh yes, also spare us the puzzlement of figuring out how ordinary public servants on restricted salaries can afford such constant high living, and especially daily alcohol guzzling. It might thrill the ignorant but not the logical folks.
Guest 4 years ago
Seeing that it's Clinton , I'd say that if he's missing he's in a hotel room somewhere with a couple of women.. Not at all like the all action, all encompassing character the book portrays as President.Write Review:
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