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Checkpoint (2004)
Two men in a
hotel room talk about assassinating George W. Bush.
 Opening Sentence:
JAY: Testing, testing. Testing. Testing.
Book Jacket Copy:
Meet Jay.
Meet Ben.
Jay has summoned his old friend Ben to a hotel room not far from the
nation’s capitol. During the course of an afternoon, they will share a
delicious lunch and will crack open a bottle of wine from the hotel minibar.
They will chat about everything from Ben’s new camera to Iraq to the
unfortunate fate of a particular free-range chicken.
And Jay will explain to Ben exactly why and how he is planning to commit
a murder that will change the course of history.
I summarized my thoughts on the book at my
blog.
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