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pscot

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2. Windy City by Scott Simon

Reply to TexasProgresive (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2014, 03:06 PM

Dec 2014

Political satire by longtime NPR reporter Scott Simon. The mayor of Chicago eats 8 slices of poisoned pizza one evening in his office, and dies facedown in his deep dish. With a power vacuum at the top, politics ensues. I'm about 90 pages in; so far so good.

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What are you reading the week of Sunday, December 7, 2014? [View all] TexasProgresive Dec 2014 OP

Val McDermid, "The Skeleton Road" shenmue Dec 2014 #1

Windy City by Scott Simon pscot Dec 2014 #2

That sounds fun, pscot! Enthusiast Dec 2014 #3

Hello, everyone! Thank you for the thread, TexasProgresive. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #4

Gabrielle Zevin's The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry japple Dec 2014 #5