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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
But what if..., May 16, 2001
Eric Burton tells a story with real feeling. $oft Money explores one man's dilemma when a former business associate becomes President of the most powerful country on earth. In a crisis of conscience, he struggles with his loyalty to his country against his conviction that the truth about a corrupt political regime should be told. Whichever way he goes, his decision with alter the course of history.The author writes with a real insiders feel about the hypocritical nature of campaign funds, the pushing and shoving that the television cameras never see, the power-wielding, the influence, the whole, nasty, political game that we like to call 'a free and fair election'. After the fiasco of the last ballot, $oft Money is a timely book, but it should also remind us that the modern history of USA has been littered with such fiascoes. Most of them never came to the surface. But what if...
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A real thriller, right to the last page, May 10, 2001
Classic read! If this was E.L.Burtons debut to writing, he's made a remarkable job of it and you can be sure he'll go on to write some more top sellers. You really feel you're in amongst the power-brokers, the movers and shakers, the spin doctors, the politicians the good guys, the bad guys. (I live in Bruxelles, I should know!) $oft Money has a real `insiders' feel to it - makes me wonder what the author does for a living!In real terms, this book deals with campaign funds, the fight for power, the men behind the men behind The Man. In fictitious (?) terms the book deals with the moral struggle of one man to either remain loyal to his former business associate or expose him for what he is. The problem is - this man is now the President of the most powerful country on earth. Truly compulsive reading, and I'm not sure how the author's going to follow up on $oft Money. I just KNOW it's going to be good.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Well-told and riveting!, June 12, 2002
E.L. Burton weaves an entrancing tale with $oft Money. The characterizations are wonderful, and the storyline reads as though it came right out of the news and into a television movie. $oft money tells the story of Lawrence Brazelton, a former legal partner of President Preston Wesley. Brazelton has evidence that could critically damage Wesley's term of office, and as a person. However, he has been holding onto it for a long time. A presidential protection group discovers the secrets that Brazelton holds, and threatens to not only dispense with the information, but with him as well. All for the cause of saving the presidency. The characters are wonderfully written. One character that stood out with our staff was that of Lucky, a small-time hood with big-time connections. His compassion for Brazelton's cause, and his willingness to help, epitomized the characture of people such as this...out to make a buck and will help anyone who can help them - even if it does mean doing things on the wrong side of the law. Brazelton came to rely on Lucky, and it seemed that the dependency did go the other way as well. There are a number of twists in the book, some could be seen and some not. However, this does not take away from the story in any way. Mr. Burton, in his quest to become an author while he still has the ability, has succeeded in every way. Clearly, he has earned the moniker of "Author". Hopefully, there will be more coming in the near future.
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