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Sam Reaves
Nov 09, 2017 rated it really liked it
Ross Thomas wrote political thrillers, but that term doesn't quite capture what his books were about; he wrote about spies, he wrote about corrupt politicians, he wrote about con men and gamblers and reporters and other adventurers. What he really wrote about was disillusionment, the shock of ideals meeting the real and sordid world of money and power. A Ross Thomas novel is all about intrigue and betrayal.
This one, set in 1991 as the first Iraq war unfolds, features the ensemble characters who
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