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Title: Another preachy tome
Review: The Hunt for Red October was a great read, and I probably can't expect Clancy to reach that height when he's expected to crank out a 700-page tome every twelve months. But this was the worst product he's produced. It appears to be ready made for Hollywood. Maybe he's tired of scriptwriters butchering his product and has prepared a ready-for-Hollywood text, but this is trite and preachy. While trying to get into his characters' heads, he has become an apologist for the Conservative Agenda. This time the enemy are enviromentalists. If he keeps up with this trend, I expect Jack Ryan to have an affair with an intern in the next book. Well, maybe he can get some good material from the Starr Report.
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