Truth Like the Sun

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The parry and thrust between journalist and subject is expertly handled. The obvious cultural touch point for Lynch's novel is Citizen Kane, and as Helen searches for her Rosebud revelation, readers are confronted with the American obsession with ambition in all its tarnished glory -- Christian House * Independent on Sunday * Jim Lynch's novel is a brilliantly disturbing dissection of political morality, where right and wrong are, like Seattle itself, blurred in a grey mist -- John Harding * Daily Mail * The book alternates between eras with ease as its protagonists square off. The result crackles with energy * The Age * Elvis makes a magnificently written cameo appearance in this novel, along with other American giants of his time including Ed Sullivan and John Fitzgerald Kennedy ... The scenes involving these two brilliant, determined characters as they lock horns over the truth of the past make breathtaking reading, and would make a great movie * Sydney Morning Herald, Pick of the Week * Lynch observes like a journalist and writes like a poet * Seattle Times * Enveloping and propulsive ... There is much marvelling to be done as Truth Like the Sun unfolds * New York Times * Effortlessly readable but never predictable * Metro *