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July 04, 2008
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| Yankee Peddler by Robert L. Hecker | Reviewed by Alice Klein |  | Publisher: Hard Shell Word Factory
http://www.hardshell.com
ISBN: 0759946957, 0759946949
Genre: Fiction
Subgenre: Satire/Romance/Foreign Intrigue
Release date: Jun 2005, May 2005
Format: Trad, e-book
Pages: 240
Price: $12.95, $6.50
| Robert L. Hecker has done it again. The author of Roan’s Requiem has a new novel out. Yankee Peddler is a funny, yet poignant, satire that will do for politics and foreign affairs what Animal House did for fraternities.
It tells the story of brand new ambassador Elizabeth Sullivan Wexford Adams, the U. S. ambassador to the small island of Litania, which the U. S. has determined to be the ideal site to place the X-13, a missile disguised as a septic tank. Then, from this tiny island, the U. S. can control the entire Middle Eastern region. Traveling extremely low key, with just Captain Kenneth Anastasios (an Air Force pilot with a depth perception problem) for assistance, these two neophytes set out on their first mission.
But Litania is nothing like they expected. And when the Russians get into the act, the free-for-all takes on comic proportions. This book is for anyone with a sense of humor and appreciation for an excellent satire. Grab the book, sit down, and enjoy Litania being "invaded"! | | |
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