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September 13, 2008

Coming Sunday in The Sun: guns and politics

Obama and McCain This Sunday in the YOU section, you'll find a guide to the season's mountain of political books.

Among them: John McCain's Faith of My Fathers, a 1999 memoir that chronicles his family tree going back to Scot Presbyterian warriors. And Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father, a 1995 memoir that discusses his search for identity and his effort to connect with an absent father. And books about vice preidential candidates Sarah Palin and Joe Biden. Whew!

If you need a break from politics, there's a review of Stephen Hunter's Night of Thunder (Simon & Schuster/304 pages/$26). Bob Lee Swagger confronts a gang of armed robbers and murderers in Appalachia, in a tale loaded with Hunter's trademark cinematic language, action-packed suspense and multifaceted characters. The gripping though somewhat far-fetched story line concerns a plot to hijack an armored car carrying millions of dollars.

Photo by Bruce Gilbert, MCT

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Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is the Maryland Editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.

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