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Mike L · 01-29-2015, 01:03 PM

(Apologies if I have posted this in the wrong forum. It's not really a recommendation, but I couldn't see a better place to put it.)

Alan Drury's "Advise and Consent" was a best-seller when I was at school, but I never got round to reading it. I recently saw that it available as a Kindle book, so I bought a copy.

But I was horrified to see, on the very first page, the paragraph shown below, under the heading Book Description.

WARNING: Don't read the following spoiler if you haven't read the book, and are likely to do so. But if you have read the book, I'd appreciate your comments.

The paragraph was as follows:

Spoiler:

It looks to me as if those last half-dozen words gives away the ending in a way that would completely spoil the book.

Am I right about that, or is the action described in fact something that happens early on in the book?

I would appreciate an answer to that question, as it will help me decide whether I want to read the book after all.

Mike

01-29-2015, 01:03 PM	#1
Mike L Wizard Posts: 1,479 Karma: 3846231 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Galaxy	"Advise and Consent" - and a possible spoiler (Apologies if I have posted this in the wrong forum. It's not really a recommendation, but I couldn't see a better place to put it.) Alan Drury's "Advise and Consent" was a best-seller when I was at school, but I never got round to reading it. I recently saw that it available as a Kindle book, so I bought a copy. But I was horrified to see, on the very first page, the paragraph shown below, under the heading Book Description. WARNING: Don't read the following spoiler if you haven't read the book, and are likely to do so. But if you have read the book, I'd appreciate your comments. The paragraph was as follows: Spoiler: A 1959 Pulitzer Prize-winning political novel, later made into a movie, about Senate confirmation hearings for Secretary of State for a nominee who is a former member of the Communist Party. The Senator heading the confirmation subcommittee, while under pressure to move the nomination to the forward, is discovered to have a homosexual past and commits suicide rather than face exposure. It looks to me as if those last half-dozen words gives away the ending in a way that would completely spoil the book. Am I right about that, or is the action described in fact something that happens early on in the book? I would appreciate an answer to that question, as it will help me decide whether I want to read the book after all. Mike Last edited by Dr. Drib; 01-31-2015 at 06:26 AM.