" This is a good book about the changing nature of politics and newspaper reporting. The story follows Roger Morgan, a fictitious character who is in charge of the Seattle World's Fair in 1962. The narrative jumps back and forth between 1962, when a young Morgan, and a young Seattle, put together a great World's Fair and the present day when an old Morgan comes out of retirement to run for mayor because he does not like what the city has become. Morgan is the main character, beloved in Seattle, and sympathetic to the reader. A decent man who has spent most of his life to help Seattle become a world city. However, as he announces his bid for mayor, a newspaper reporter, who is also a major character, looks into his past and starts to see some shady dealings. The book does a good job of presenting what happened from Morgan's eyes, where he knew he was probably doing some wrong things, but they seem fairly innocent, but how they can get turned into looking pretty bad from the reporter's view. "
— Patrick, 1/3/2014