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Title: A fun parody
Review: To all the people who have written poor reviews about this book: I hear you. Judging it against Irving's previous works like "A Prayer for Owen Meany" and even "A Widow For One Year," it doesn't quite measure up.But if you measure it against the typical novel fodder, it jumps up a notch.It's a parody, folks. And anyone who watches FoxNews knows the Disaster Channel is not that far removed from the reality of TV news.Perhaps as a journalist, I could just relate a little more to the book.It was a fun, funny, breezy read.Patrick Wallingford had that mix of likability and shallowness, a la some (though far from all) TV newscasters I know. In the end, I loved him for saying enough is enough on the JFK Jr. (or any other celebrity tragedy) coverage.Amen!
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