Q Clearance [Import] [Hardcover]

Peter Benchley (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Andre Deutsch Ltd; First edition (1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0233979743
• ISBN-13: 978-0233979748
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,690,463 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A side of Benchley we should see more often., February 28, 2002

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Chadwick H. Saxelid "Bookworm" (Concord, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Q Clearance (Hardcover)

Peter Benchley draws upon his years as a Washington speech writer to satirize the Civil Servant life. The result is amicable poke in the ribs that is hard to dislike. Highly recommended.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good, very witty, June 4, 1999

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This review is from: Q Clearance (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series) (Hardcover)

Q Clearance reminded me early on of an American version of Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister. Benchly is very very good at setting up characters and poking fun at peoples perceptions of their own importance and the assumptions they make about other powerful people. This book was a great satire about Washington life in the heart of the White House.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very, very funny, May 31, 2000

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David Zampino "21st Century Hobbit" (Delavan, Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Q Clearance (Hardcover)

If you have ever been a civil servant (and I was, for 3 1/2 years), this book will make you laugh out loud.

Benchley, in a humorous and engaging style, manages to poke fun at the Executive Branch of the Government, the whole "espionage" genre of action/mystery literature, and the idiocies of our nation's capital -- from the perspective of someone from the inside.

Unfortunately, one must have had some experience working for the government in order to appreciate some of the humor, which probably accounts for the book going out of print.

Read it anyway -- you won't regret the time spent.