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Jay and Ben are old friends who haven't seen each other in a few years. A former teacher who has fallen on hard times, Jay is very, very upset about the war in Iraq. He has expressed his objections by marching in an antiwar demonstration in the nation's capital, but the protest has had no effect. Now Jay has asked Ben, a writer currently working on a book about the cold war, to bring a tape recorder to a Washington, D.C., hotel room because Jay wants to talk about his decision to assassinate the president. Nervous and incredulous, Ben anxiously debates with his keyed-up buddy. He is also deeply distressed by the atrocities in Iraq and the immoral covert actions of Bush and Cheney and their cohorts, but he knows that murder is not the answer. Once again the chimerical and fearless Baker has written a work of provocative and razor-sharp fiction, this time crafting a nail-biting duet for two voices under duress that incisively charts the emotional turmoil generated by the horrors and conundrums of war, terrorism, dirty politics, and repression. Place this beside Barry Lopez's searing short-story collection
Resistance [BKL My 1 04] and Philip Roth's towering novel
The Plot against America [BKL Ag 04], and you have a triptych of lacerating works of the imagination that insightfully and cathartically confront the urgent issues of the day.
Donna SeamanCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Book Description
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner. Jay has summoned his old friend Ben to a hotel room not far from the nation's capitol. During the course of an afternoon, they will share a delicious lunch and will open a bottle of wine from the hotel minibar. They will chat about everything from Ben's new camera to Iraq to the unfortunate fate of a particular free-range chicken. Jay will explain to Ben why and how he is planning to commit a murder that will change the course of history; he will explain how he plans to assassinate the president of the United States.
Description in Spanish: Te presento a Jay. Te presento a Ben. Conócelos.
Jay ha quedado con su viejo amigo Ben en una habitación de hotel, no lejos del Capitolio. En el transcurso de la tarde compartirán una deliciosa comida y abrirán una botella de vino del minibar. Charlarán de todo tipo de asuntos, como la nueva cámara de Ben, Irak o el desafortunado destino de un pollo en libertad. Y Jay le explicará a Ben exactamente cómo y por qué está planeando asesinar al presidente de los Estados Unidos de América.El escritor más original de su generación, la novela más audaz hasta la fecha.
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