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I had read and thoroughly enjoyed the author's journalism/espionage thriller A Firing Offense, but this is indeed a departure from that. His characters and their interactions do echo those in The Great Gatsby, but not apishly so. David Cantor, the narrator, is actually not nearly as nice a guy as Nick Carraway. In Sandy, the author definitely creates a believable Gatsby for the turn of the century, and Candace makes a creditable high powered woman of our age, as well as an understandably unattainable love object. Mix these characters with all that delicious, I would think none too exaggerated, Washington atmosphere, the author's love/hate relationship with journalism and the media, and his stylish writing and there's enough for a good read. Little did I know I would be emotionally involved enough to feel deeply for the fate of this power couple.
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