Roman a clef re: Bob WOODWARD as Backstabber

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http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix_u.htm

.... Now Earley's first novel features an arrogant, scheming star reporter for the Washington "Tribune" who broke the Watergate case with the help of an inside source - not Deep Throat, but "the Wizard." ....

The character is also a fraud, as portrayed by Earley, who makes the case that Middleton/Woodward never had a Deep Throat - just leaks from the CIA - and invented the mystery man to hype sales of "All the President's Men," his book about Watergate co-written with Carl Bernstein.

Asked if "The Big Secret" was his revenge, Earley told PAGE SIX:

"Leaving the Post was a great career move for me. I've made more money and written several best-selling and, I hope, important books. So I'm not bitter. But I do deeply resent that Bob Woodward betrayed me and he did it in the cruelest way possible. ....



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