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Lizz612

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Tue Oct-07-03 08:26 AM
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1. I read it over the summer, and "IT" scared me!

And "IT" made me angry. Have you seen anything about Huey Long, the Louisiana Governor and Senator, that Buzz Windrip is based on? I saw a very good PBS documentary on him before I read the on him before I read the book. The obvious parallels to our current state of affairs are too easy to make, WAY too easy.
As for the book itself, I'm not very good at analyzing, but I liked the characters. I thought they were very well done, I lost track of all of Windrip’s advisors after a while but that always a problem for me.
I haven't read "The Iron Heal" is it good?

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