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But what if..., May 16, 2001
This review is from: $oft Money: The True Power in Our Nation's Capital (Paperback)
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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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Well-told and riveting!, June 12, 2002
This review is from: $oft Money: The True Power in Our Nation's Capital (Paperback)
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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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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So true to life, May 12, 2001
This review is from: $oft Money: The True Power in Our Nation's Capital (Paperback)
A scorching story centered round the concept of a dishonest, unprincipled White House regime. (Nothing new there, you might say!) Where this book makes the difference is that Eric Burton's grasp of political chicanery MUST come from an inside knowledge. I'm not suggesting that the author of $oft Money was involved in anything, but either he's an even better writer than his book suggests (which, in my view, would be difficult, since $oft Money is extraordinarily well written), or he knows something the rest of us don't. The political `truths' in $oft Money read like you would imagine a Tom Clancy book to read if Clancy took up writing political thrillers instead of war/army type books - they seem to be well-researched and factual. Money-laundering, double-dealing, power struggles - it's all been seen before in USA (think Watergate, think Monica, think this is not good for America!) and Burton's book brings it right to our living room. Here, though, we see one man torn between loyalty for his president and loyalty to his principles. Well, okay, what would YOU do? There's your conflict and, since conflict makes a good plot, there's your plot. Eric Burton has made a great start to his writing career. Long may he continue.
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