The Shell Game by Steve Alten - Novel that says 9-11 Neocons knew it was coming

[RamboLiberal]

Anyone read this one? Saw it in the bookstore tonight and was tempted.

Early on in the book, we hear protagonist Ace Futrell, a petroleum geologist and former college football star, testifying before Congress regarding the precariousness of world oil supplies, his grim report engulfed and lost in a morass of political posturing by both parties. Futrell is married to Kelli Doyle, who had worked undercover for the CIA and the neocons, but is now gravely ill with terminal cancer. In her final days, Doyle is penning an expose entitled "To The Brink Of Hell: An Apology To The Survivors" in which she is disclosing the machinations of empire which are driving humanity to the collapse of civilization. The first sentence reads: "Frankly, I hope this scares the hell out of you." In another portion of Doyle's tell-all memoir she unleashes a litany of the lies of empire, noting that "All presidents lie." Roosevelt, she says, lied about Pearl Harbor, Lyndon Johnson about Vietnam, Reagan about Iran-Contra, and Clinton about personal affairs in the Oval Office. Yet she emphasizes that:

"...it was the lies coming from the Bush-Cheney White House after the events of September 11, 2001 that led us to the invasion if Iraq and to a crossroads in western civilization that will affect you and your loved ones and a billion more innocent people.

Did the U.S. intelligence community know al Qaeda's attack was coming?

Yes.

But did we try to stop them?

Yes, but we were prevented from doing so."(77)

Excerpt at authors site and on Amazon if you search the book on 9-11 interesting quotes. And read pages 77-78.

http://www.stevealten.com/shell_game.htm

I'm definitely going to have to check this book out.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

1. I heard about this book

a couple of weeks ago and checked to see if the library had it. It was listed as "on order." So, I check 2 days ago to see if it's in yet and now it's not listed at all. :shrug: I know it was there once because I keep a notebook in my purse with notations of books I want to check out and I marked it down at the time. I just read Alten's The Loch and there was an excerpt from Shell Game at the end. Looks good.

[shimmergal]

2. Please ask at the library about it.

It may be coming thru the processing line and just "disappeared" for now because of a glitch, or someone may have tried to put the kibosh on it. If the latter, and if it was another patron, your interest may help get it put on the shelves.

At the very least, if it isn't going to be available at your local library, they should do an Interlibrary Loan and borrow it for you from elsewhere. Refusing to do so would be highly unethical. Just an observation from my years as a librarian.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

3. It's back on the list

No copies available yet.