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The form of the new novel is the author's standby, the diary of a bemused old man who has survived civilization's downfall. Perhaps because of this resemblance to his other books, or simply because the freight of anger and disgust is so heavy it upsets the novel's...
Hartke describes fuel and food shortages, and a state of permanent riot amounting to a national decline so profound that even the Japanese in their business suits -- the "army of occupation" -- are walking away from properties in the U.S. and going home. "The National Forest," he complains, "is now being...
Fair enough, but Hartke is not a vivid enough central figure so that his dismay illuminates the wreckage. Too much about him seems random, taken without calculation from the parts bin. Why, for instance, has the author named him after Eugene V. Debs, the great U.S. socialist? Merely, or so...
Hartke blasts Lujan for missing 1,000 congressional votes over the years, earning a substantial part of his $134,000 income last year from a family insurance firm, supporting Reagan's economic policies and defending Interior Secretary James Watt. Says Hartke: "Lujan represents the big corporations and the rich...
Prosperous Albuquerque makes up 96% of the newly drawn district, and Hispanics account for nearly 40% of the population. With Lujan ahead by 20 points in the polls, Hartke is wooing potential defectors, nourishing their disenchantment with Reaganomics. But his blond hair, blue eyes and meager knowledge of Spanish are...