Biblio Files: talking about books

Checkpoint by Nicholson Baker Jay calls Ben, tells Ben he really needs to talk to him, it's urgent. They meet in a hotel room in Washington D.C., and Jay tells Ben that he is planning to kill President Bush. He outlines his preparations, his reasoning(most of which is skewed). Ben tells Jay not to kill the president. He outlines a list of saner reasons that Bush is bad, that Cheney is worse. Together they agree on the awfulness of recent polititions from an extremely liberal perspective.
This book is presented as the transcript of their conversation. It is an extreme attack on the president, the American political system, the CIA and the police. Becasue it is a novel, it does not have to present any proof for its wild claims. The style reads convincingly and pleasantly.
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