I was finally able to indulge one of my guilty pleasures: reading a summer novel, a political thriller, no less. I made a great choice. The book in question is A Time Like This: 2001-2008., written by AT contributor William Tate. It is never a good idea to reveal too much about the plot of a thriller, but suffice it say, the book begins with an entirely plausible premise, and then follows the course of political scandal through the eyes of Trevor Wayne, who gets his feet wet in politics in the 2000 presidential campaign, and subsequently gets sucked-into high powered politics, replete with skullduggery.The picture of life in Washington, DC for the young and mostly faceless behind-the-scenes folk who seek careers is vivid and interesting. Bill Tate had a long and distinguished career as a television journalist, and it may be that he is telling the truth via fiction, a device that has often appealed to me when it comes to the things I know but can't write about.It's the perfect book for...(Read Full Post)