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...them, or with the accompanying paper shredder, he soon attracts the attention of Soviet spies, jealous White House insiders and, worse, the President, who makes him a trusted adviser. Benchley's story embraces the debate over invading Honduras (Ronald Reagan's earlier incursion into Nicaragua having failed) and a yachtload of American homosexuals who threaten to blow up a Soviet supertanker in Cuba. But all that is mere backdrop for a mordant overview of Washington props and icons: a Cabinet Room table has buttons underneath marked ''Coke, Tab, Fresca, Pepsi, Coffee, Tea.'' When told that he is heading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ICONOCLASM ''Q'' CLEARANCE by Peter Benchley Random House; 340 pages; $16.95 | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

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