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Bezig met laden... The Bishop in the West Wing (2002)door Andrew M. Greeley
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I used to enjoy Greeley. I still enjoyed his style, for the most part. But, I found his political commentary offputting. Some of it was neccessary or useful for a book about the president, but there were a lot of strong political opinions that distracted me from the story. Interesting book, quick read, seemed like the same style as his other Bishop Blackie books - but it's been many years since I've read another. Blackie goes to Washington DC where one of his friends, Jack Patrick McGurn, has surprisingly just been elected president and needs his help. Blackie,s first confrontation is with Washington bureaucracy; the powers that be don't want to give Blackie a pass to wander in and out of the Oval Office at will. The bureaucracy blinks first and Blackie gets his pass. Blackie, who can do anything, has been called on to deal with ghosts in the White House. Yes, poltergeists. But there are more problems in the White House than ghosts. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Andrew M. Greeley's bestselling sleuth meetsThe West Wing . . . Blackie Ryan gets a call from his friend, the newly-elected Democratic president Jack Patrick McGurn--whom the media has seen fit to call "Machine Gun McGurn"--but of course the call is interrupted by Blackie's boss, the autocratic Cardinal Cronin. Cronin, without consulting Blackie, sends him off to the White House to solve a poltergeist problem. Ghosts in the White House? Of course. Blackie encounters a great deal more than ghosts; an evil spirit out to get the President, a right wing conspiracy, and four beautiful women, any one of whom could be contributing to the mischief in the West Wing. How Blackie solves the problem of the ghosts and the conspiracy, and perhaps even finds a beautiful wife for the lonely, recently widowed President makesThe Bishop in the West Wing the best Blackie Ryan novel yet. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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At first I thought Greeley was using as a template JFK, Bill Clinton, or even Barack Obama, but clearly he wasn't using any of them, so I must apologize for thinking so....
He clearly knew Chicago and Chicago politics. May even have attended Notre Dame University (I say this because of his "name dropping"), but I doubt he ever has actually been to DC or did any research or ever even read a book about it. Several times he mentioned being "in the Beltway." It sounds pretty painful to me. Although for those who deal with Beltway traffic, they may sometimes feel they are indeed "in" it. The phrase, dear author, is INSIDE THE BELTWAY.
For the record, American University, while an admirable liberal arts school (and my alma mater), does not have, and has never had, a HOSPITAL associated with it.
And, as anyone who has ever watched the news in the years between when Ronald Reagan was shot and Dick Cheney had his last heart attack, it is GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL that is used for emergencies (and in case Greeley plans another foray into DC politics, they go to BETHESDA NAVAL for routine and scheduled exams)--not Georgetown, Catholic though that may be. Actually Jesuit, hmmm. Okay, I won't quibble.
Finally, I wonder in which universe it is that young women (in high school or in college, or even White House staffers) speak so "extreme uncool." LY. Adverbs often have endings of their own, even in today's lingua franca.
Well, I learned much about liturgical vestments and other props; about ancient civilizations and medieval times, so I suppose I owe Greeley a word of thanks.
But I cannot do it without feeling adjectivally inadequate. Sigh. ( )