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4.0 out of 5 stars
An outstanding successor to Advise and Consent., Jul 13 2000
In "Advise and Consent", Allen Drury gave us an insider's view of the US Senate. Now, with "A Shade of Difference", Drury tackles the United Nations and the subject of racism.It is not often that an author's second book, especially a sequel or a book in a series, is as good as the first. This book is an exception to that rule, topping, if it is at all possible, his earlier work. In "A Shade of Difference", Drury demonstrated that he not only understood the inner workings of the United Nations, but that he was a political prophet, accurately (in concept, if not in detail) predicting the civil rights struggles of the late 1960's. He also provided the reader with several unforgettable character images, even more so than in "Advise and Consent". The examples which were for me the most striking, were the passages which detailed the filibuster and death of Sen. Cooley, and the impassioned speech to the United Nations made by Sen. Fry. The subsequent books in this series were good -- but none lived up to what Mr. Drury gave us in the first two. Like it's predecessor, "A Shade of Difference" belongs on the reading list in every Civics classroom in America.
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