false <![CDATA[Absolute Power]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166671032m/15159.jpg 15159 31 Can the President get away with murder? The fictional answer to this question results in a fast-paced page turner that combines political intrigue with gritty, hard-boiled suspense 2837 1996 Absolute Power total:2713|5:679|4:1183|3:726|2:108|1:17| 2713 10538 3323 156 5 2 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Mon Jan 14 15:32:51 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 15:33:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 17:56:31 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 18:27:22 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Nov 03 21:31:07 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 04 08:35:45 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 10:23:55 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 10:29:16 -0700 2009
This doesn't start up quite as quickly as "The Camel Club" and the characters ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 08:25:54 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 06:47:51 -0700 2009
His intr...more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 10:44:47 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 06 13:40:26 -0800 2008 1 Absolute Power has a decent story, but it was hard for me to enjoy because I found the writing so hackneyed that it distracted me from the plot. Here's a representative descriptive passage:

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When a sexual encounter between the US President and the young wife of a billio...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 13:17:42 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 07:10:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 12:49:22 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 13:05:49 -0800 2009
The premise is fairly simple. Luther Whitney witnesses a murder while in the act of burglery. He sees a young woman defend herself against a drunken, aroused President and two secret service agents shoot her thinking they ar...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 09:17:42 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 09:25:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 20:13:04 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 18:00:05 -0700 2009
I guess I am more of a mystery type of guy. This was classified as a political thriller. It wasn't. So the president was...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 09:00:19 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 09:03:16 -0800 2009 HOWEVER, it would definitely be rated R if it was a movie (my mother in law said she thinks it was made into...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 17:54:13 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 04:53:53 -0700 2009 1
Even knowing the basic plot line of the story (thanks to the movie version) it was intriguing and I was riveted for many of the pages. It helped that I had stayed home sick...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 12:06:56 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 13:42:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue May 19 06:40:15 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 06:43:48 -0700 2009 twit up to this point), and I just didn't feel like reading almost 600 mo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 03 05:09:42 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 05:12:31 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Oct 29 13:40:46 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 16:27:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 08:58:36 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 09:01:03 -0700 2009
If you've seen the film (w/Clint Eastwood), the book is different enough to warrant a read.]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 28 08:53:26 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 15 19:52:07 -0700 2007
Although high on the popularity chart, the President of the United States of has a darker side that very few people have seen. While routinely bedding...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=15159