Headlines from the Pacific

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Summary: A profound and witty page-turner
Review: Just when you think this book is a terrific laugh-out-loud cartoon in the style of Tom Wolfe, Hutchens plunges deep into human nature, and rounds out his characters with insight and sophistication. Sure it's about a military jounalist in Japan, but you needn't identify with any of that to get addicted to the world of Mitchell Moore, and his struggle to Do the Right Thing in a world of less nobly motivated folk. While his character portraits are nearly Shakespearean in their accuracy, this novel has more than right-on psychology. It's also got murder, intrigue, politics, sex, sensuous food, and the kind of complexity that pulls you right in and doesn't let you go. I hated to see it end, and can't wait to read the next Tim Hutchens novel.