Finale
Categories: Literature & Fiction
Finale: A Novel of the Reagan Years (2015) is a novel by Thomas Mallon. Set chiefly in 1986, it follows Ronald Reagan's second term through the Reykjavik summit with Mikhail Gorbachev and the emerging Iran-Contra scandal, as seen by the people around him. Mallon gives major roles to real figures, including Nancy Reagan, Christopher Hitchens and Pamela Harriman, alongside invented characters. Reviewers praised the novel's wit, political detail and satirical but affectionate portrait of Washington in the late Cold War.
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- Larry King: “Thomas Mallon's novel, Finale, about the Reagan years is a very funny read... #itsmy2cents”