| FAIR GAME Valerie Plame Wilson Laura Rozen (Afterword) New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007 |
Rating: 4.5 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-1-4165-3761-8 | ||||
| ISBN-10 1-4165-3761-9 | 410pp. | HC/FCI | $26.00 | |
| Page 69: | "He was still vigorous in his seventies and was contemplating getting a European mail-order bride to staunch his loneliness." |
| Word choice: S/B "stanch". |
| Page 124: | "As the acting ambassador to Iraq in the lead-up to the first Gulf War, the last American diplomat to meet with Saddam Hussein, and his many years of diplomatic service in Africa and the Middle East, Joe had a unique perspective on the issue." |
| Missing words: S/B "and because of his many years" or something similar. |
| Page 147: | "...Valerie Plame, wife of retired ambassador Joseph Wilson, works at the agency on weapons of mass destruction in an undercover capacity—as least she was undercover until last week when she was named by columnist Novak." |
| Spelling: S/B "at least". |
| Page 173: | "Family lore said he was a rabbi and he left with his oldest son to avoid being drafted into the czar's army as well as the frequent murderous pogroms." |
| Awkward wording: S/B "or getting caught up in the frequent murderous pogroms". |
| Page 186: | "Joe pointed out many of the reports inaccuracies..." |
| Missing apostrophe: S/B "report's". |
| Page 235: | "They did not choose to be brought into the public square, and they do not wish to be under the glare of camera." |
| Missing word: Probably S/B "the glare of camera spotlights". |
| Page 236: | "I looked out our window, with its expansive view of the Washington Monument and I could make out Marine One rising from the White House lawn, its rotor blades pushing through the air." |
| Missing comma: S/B "Monument, and I could". |
| Page 240: | "I was thrilled and relieved to realize that my marriage had not only survived a prolong period of unbelievable stress, but was thriving." |
| Spelling: S/B "a prolonged period". |
| Page 242: | "Many memories, some of which I would have preferred stayed buried in the past, were stirred." |
| Wording: S/B "would have preferred had stayed buried". |
| Page 247: | "On May 5, while sitting in tiny chairs during a parent-teacher conference at the children's elementary school, Joe's Blackberry started going off incessantly." |
| Dangling participle: S/B "while we were sitting in". |
| Page 251: | "I was writing at my desk, on our lower level when John knocked on the glass door..." |
| Missing comma: S/B "on our lower level, when". |
| Page 293: | "His command of the material was a bit daunting, able to recall voluminous evidentiary document numbers..." |
| Dangling participle: S/B "daunting; he was able to recall". |
| Page 313: | "Valerie's brother, Robert sixteen years her senior..." |
| Misplaced comma: S/B "Valerie's brother Robert, sixteen". |
| Page 325: | "The deadly 17N group was, not surprising, the major preoccupation of Plame's boss..." |
| Grammar: S/B "not surprisingly,". |
| Page 327: | " 'It's a competitive relationship,' Kiesling agrees, describing tensions between diplomats and embassy spooks. 'As if they think, they are the ones doing all the real stuff, and we are wimps.' " |
| Extra comma: S/B "As if they think they". |
| Page 332: | "...a 'NOC', or Nonofficial Covered Officer." |
| Spelling: S/B "Cover". |
| Page 335: | "...as the Agency's concerns turned to the more transnational less suited to pursuit under State Department cover." |
| Missing word: S/B "more transnational activities less suited" or something similar. |
| Page 338: | "...prepares a detailed profile of the company and its Chief executives." |
| Capitalization: S/B "its chief executives". |
| Page 344: | "...and a Chief executive listed as..." |
| Capitalization: S/B "chief executive". |
| Page 356: | "And as Plame alludes in her chapter..." |
| Vocabulary: S/B "alleges" or "implies". |
| Page 359: | "Pierced together from those, the story is this..." |
| Spelling: S/B "Pieced". |
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