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David Rothman at Large

The Solomon Scandals novel, politicians, the media, the Washington area, tech and other surrealism:

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March 29, 2009 Media

Slate press guy vs. hype about newspapers as saviors of democracy

Mencken (photo) loved newspapering. But he did his best to be impervious to the industry ballyhoo, and I think he’d

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March 29, 2009 The Solomon Scandals

‘Indignation,’ by Philip Roth: A belated review

Although verbose in places, Indignation is witty and engrossing with wonderful caricatures. I spent time in Northern Ohio eons ago,

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March 29, 2009 Uncategorized

Reviews

“Tracing the conscientious reportage of hard-nosed Washington Telegram correspondent Jon Stone, Rothman’s thriller weaves together society gossip, zoning reportage, and

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March 25, 2009 Publicity / The Solomon Scandals

What Epublishers Weekly says about ‘Scandals’

Below are excerpts from Michael Pastore’s review in Epublishers Weekly. “Three things about this novel impressed me. Real settings (D.C.

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March 24, 2009 Internet / Lorain, Ohio / The Solomon Scandals

Like the old whalers

The Solomon Scandals is a little like a novel that a 19th century writer might have written on whaling. In

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March 23, 2009 Politicians

‘About politics’: Is it or isn’t it? Plus three political novels recced on NPR

All the King’s Men has long been my favorite political novel. But is Robert Penn Warren‘s masterpiece truly about politics?

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March 22, 2009 Media

Home-printed newspapers, 1939 style

See the Nieman Journalism Lab blog, which also mentions more current plans for home printing.

March 13, 2009 Publicity / The Solomon Scandals

‘Page-turner’? Or ‘page-tapper’? Just what do you call an e-novel you like?

In a review of The Solomon Scandals for the Washington City Paper, Ted Scheinman said, “It’s hard to call an

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March 3, 2009 Building collapses / GSA / Sen. Ribicoff / The Solomon Scandals

The IRS as fodder for David Foster Wallace and me

In my little overview of D.C. fiction, I quoted Jeffrey Charis-Carlson, a specialist in this area: "It takes a great

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