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| == NYT review of Flash Point ==
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| Just as “Face Me When You Walk Away” is an unflattering picture of Soviet life, so Michael Gilbert's FLASH POINT (Harper & Row, $6.95) examines certain aspects of the British Parliamentary system and does not like what it sees. Gilbert, himself a lawyer, works up a situation where, in an effort to stop a legal case, the British Government steps in and subverts the basic rights of citizens.
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| Gilbert poses big questions that carry the ethical problems straight up to the Prime Minister. The analogy to certain doings in the United states Government of recent vintage is not once mentioned, but obviously Gilbert had it on his mind. The ending of “Flash Point,” however, is a bit weak. It is as though Gilbert did not know exactly how to resolve the plot, and there is the sudden, unconvincing reversal of character of several key figures. Nevertheless a strong, well‐written book.
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