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Kumabjorn · 12-09-2011, 04:20 AM

Finished Allan Folsom's "The Machiavelli Covenant" a few days ago. Not to give too much away but the US President runs away from a coup d'etàt attempt from his cabinet and join forces with a former LAPD detective trying to foil their plans. Incredolous? Well, I'll let you be the judge of that. However, there are a couple of places where he mentions "the president of Spain". Spain has a king as Head of State and a prime minister as Head of Government. This little miss irritated the hell out of me. If he had set the action in Molobistan, obviously I wouldn't have cared one little bit.

Now, did it do that because I had a problem with the basic setup? Or did I get irritated because of sloppy research? I don't know. But I am curious how the rest of you react when you encounter obvious misstakes in a novel.

12-09-2011, 04:20 AM	#1
Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 4,356 Karma: 20181319 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	Devil in the details Finished Allan Folsom's "The Machiavelli Covenant" a few days ago. Not to give too much away but the US President runs away from a coup d'etàt attempt from his cabinet and join forces with a former LAPD detective trying to foil their plans. Incredolous? Well, I'll let you be the judge of that. However, there are a couple of places where he mentions "the president of Spain". Spain has a king as Head of State and a prime minister as Head of Government. This little miss irritated the hell out of me. If he had set the action in Molobistan, obviously I wouldn't have cared one little bit. Now, did it do that because I had a problem with the basic setup? Or did I get irritated because of sloppy research? I don't know. But I am curious how the rest of you react when you encounter obvious misstakes in a novel.