Deep Background

by Corn, David

• ISBN13: 9780312272630
• ISBN10: 0312272634
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-16
• Publisher: Minotaur Books

Summary

After President Bob Hanover is shot dead at the White House press conference by a gunman with no identity, Nick Addis,, a presidential aide, is reluctantly drawn into an unofficial-and private-investigation of the assassination. In this off-the-books effort, he is joined by Clarence Dunne, the disgraced chief of White House security, and Julia Lancette, a CIA analyst at odds with the Agency. As the intrigue mounts-the first lady and the vice president are fiercely competing for their party's presidential nomination-Addis, Dunne, and Lancette are confronted by faceless and ruthless enemies determined to stop them from uncovering long-hidden secrets.

Author Biography

David Corn is the Washington editor of The Nation magazine and has contributed articles to The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and others. Corn is frequently a guest on television and radio talk shows, including CNN, C-SPAN, MSNBC, and Fox News Cable. He is the author of Blond Ghost: Ted Shackley and the CIA's Crusades. His short story "My Murder" was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe award in 1997..

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"A slaughterous scorcher of a book you don't want to put down." --Los Angeles Times

"You can either read [it] now or wait to see the movie version...Corn is clearly familiar with the territory and does a good job mapping it out." --The New York Times Book Review

"A top-notch piece of fiction." --Chicago Tribune