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Veterans' Day Reading

I just got my copy of Scott Turow's new book, Ordinary Heroes. It looks like the perfect read for Veteran's Day and one of the reviewers cautions to start it on a Friday night because you may not be able to put it down. From a Washington Post review on Amazon:

The story opens in 2003, when Stewart Dubinsky, a 55-year-old crime reporter, happens upon a bundle of letters that allude to his recently deceased father's court-martial during the last days of World War II. Stewart is knocked flat by the thought that his "tirelessly proper" father should have such a scandalous past. An insurance company lawyer and devoted family man, David had always claimed that his wartime service as an assistant judge advocate in Europe was unexceptional. Stewart decides to investigate whether he is "the son of a convict who'd betrayed his country and slipped away on some technicality, or, perhaps, the child of a man who'd endured a primitive injustice which he'd left entombed in the past."

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    Re: Veterans' Day Reading (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:57 PM EST
    If you want to make Verteran's Day a true holiday... give veterans the day off with pay! Right now.. unless you work at a bank or for the post office...it's meaningless.

    Re: Veterans' Day Reading (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:57 PM EST
    Read my review on www.bookreporter.com

    Re: Veterans' Day Reading (none / 0) (#3)
    by Sailor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:57 PM EST
    Speaking of vets, Steve Buyer (r - ind) refused to allow vet groups to testify befor the vet committee ... for the 1st time in 55 years. Why do rethugs hate veterans?

    Re: Veterans' Day Reading (none / 0) (#4)
    by jimcee on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:00 PM EST
    As for me I prefer the St. Crispin's Day speech from Shakespeare's Henry V. Pretty much says what needs to be said on Veteren's Day.