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A novel of the reagan years, john carter brown, director of the national gallery of art, and pamela harriman, the oftenmarried socialite. Louis postdispatch before there was reagan the conservative icon, there was reagan. The acknowledgments page may seem an odd starting point for assessing a novel, but in the case of thomas mallons finale, set during ronald reagan s second term as president, it is a useful place to begin. From the author of the acclaimed novel watergate comes a galvanizing new novel about the tumultuous administration of the most consequential and enigmatic president of modern timesronald reagan. He was very engaging, funny, and showed a rare gift for mimicry, evoking the voices of ronald reagan, richard nixon, and a few other historical figures from the mid to late 1980s. Set mostly in 1986 and 1987, it is a political drama. A novel of the reagan years by thomas mallon in the opening scenes of finale, ronald reagan seems destined to be relegated to history as an alsoran, a failed candidate for president of the united states. Louis postdispatch before there was reagan the conservative icon, there was reagan the president.
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