A few months back I made a brief post on the film Election, basically damning it with faint praise. I've just read the novel on which it was based and, as is so often the case, the book was better than the movie. Not worlds better or anything, but it further fleshed out the various characters and their motivations and mindsets. If anything, the book felt brief and underdeveloped. Again, I always love a short read (and a quick game and a brief movie) for logging purposes, but when this one ended after 200 pages it seemed like there was easily room for about a hundred more. At the very least, I was impressed enough to look into more of Tom Perrotta's stuff, and this will not be the author's last appearance on this blog.
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