Q Clearance

Rating:
Summary: PLEASE PETER....NO POLITICS
Review: I TOO READ THIS (OR TRIED TO) READ THIS BOOK ABOUT 14 YEARS AGO ( WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT)IT WASN'T TOTALLY BAD I JUST RESPECT BENCHLEY'S WRITING ABOUT MARINE AND AQUATIC THRILLERS. THE ONLY REASON I BOUGHT THE BOOK WAS BECAUSE I FIGURED IF PETER WROTE IT EVEN THOUGH IT'S POLITICAL IT'S GOT TO BE GOOD. HOW WRONG I WAS.

Rating:
Summary: Very, very funny
Review: If you have ever been a civil servant (and I was, for 3 1/2 years), this book will make you laugh out loud.

Benchley, in a humorous and engaging style, manages to poke fun at the Executive Branch of the Government, the whole "espionage" genre of action/mystery literature, and the idiocies of our nation's capital -- from the perspective of someone from the inside.

Unfortunately, one must have had some experience working for the government in order to appreciate some of the humor, which probably accounts for the book going out of print.

Read it anyway -- you won't regret the time spent.

Rating:
Summary: A side of Benchley we should see more often.
Review: Peter Benchley draws upon his years as a Washington speech writer to satirize the Civil Servant life. The result is amicable poke in the ribs that is hard to dislike. Highly recommended.

Rating:
Summary: A side of Benchley we should see more often.
Review: Peter Benchley draws upon his years as a Washington speech writer to satirize the Civil Servant life. The result is amicable poke in the ribs that is hard to dislike. Highly recommended.