Ghosts in the White House

Personally, I felt sorry for Patterson in the media interviews, awkwardly sitting beside Clinton while the ex-president fielded questions about Monica Lewinsky, but I'm sure Patterson's attitude was buoyed by the thought of all those presidents marching into his bank account. [...]he turne...

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Published in:World literature today 2018-09, Vol.92 (5), p.10-12
Main Author: Davis, J. Madison
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American history
Artistic collaboration
Attitudes
Crime & Mystery
Crime novels
Criticism and interpretation
Families & family life
Ghostwriting
Interviews
Mysteries
Novels
President of the United States
Presidents
Thrillers
Titles
Writers
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Summary:Personally, I felt sorry for Patterson in the media interviews, awkwardly sitting beside Clinton while the ex-president fielded questions about Monica Lewinsky, but I'm sure Patterson's attitude was buoyed by the thought of all those presidents marching into his bank account. [...]he turned out to be more prolific in death than in life. According to his nephew, Stona Fitch (aka novelist Rory Flynn), Harrington was an old-fashioned, hard-drinking, knock-out-pages kind of novelist who oversexualized everything and could ruin any family dinner. From 1980 to 2016, nearly thirty books appeared in the "Capital Crimes" mystery series, with titles such as Murder in the White House, Murder in the Supreme Court, Murder in the CIA, and Murder in Ford's Theater (ahem!). According to his nephew, Stona Fitch (aka novelist Rory Flynn), Harrington was an oldfashioned, hard-drinking, knock-out-pages kind of novelist who oversexualized everything and could ruin any family dinner.
ISSN:0196-3570
1945-8134
1945-8134
DOI:10.1353/wlt.2018.0009