02473cam a2200325 a 4500 113175 113175 BJBSDDR 20230411090139.0 ta 891129s1990 nyu 000 1 eng 0804105375 DLC DLC spa spa PS 3568 R225c 1990 813 20 Raskin, Barbara. Current affairs : a novel / Barbara Raskin. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c1990. 323 p. ; 15 cm. From Publishers Weekly: After the bestselling Hot Flashes , Raskin's new novel suffers from a split personality. On one level it is a story of sibling rivalry between Natalie Myers, a Washington, D.C., unemployed social worker (the shelter for homeless women where she worked has been closed), and her younger sister, Shay Karavan, famous reporter and bed partner of many, including Natalie's husband. Both resentful of her role as Shay's doormat and powerless to change their relationship, narrator Natalie bitches and wisecracks in a wry, contemporary voice that compels attention. Unfortunately, Raskin complicates the plot with a cops and drug-lords scenario involving Shay's latest catch, billionaire Mickey Teardash, and sexy police lieutenant Bo Culver. Shay has stolen classified government documents about Fawn Hall's coke dependency, information which, when leaked, is expected to dent the international drug trade. Readers will wonder why, for three-quarters of the book, no one thinks to copy the documents. Raskin writes saucy, irreverent dialogue, and her wit is generally bracing, but this potentially strong story disappoints as it deteriorates into a weak melodrama about modern mores. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal: Forty-something social worker Natalie Myers has much to be caustic about. Reagan government cutbacks have closed her shelter for homeless women, her husband has stopped loving her, and her sister, world-famous journalist Shay Karavan, triumphs with irresponsible antics that grate on Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990 Fiction. Official secrets Fiction. Journalists Fiction. Sisters Fiction. Detective and mystery stories. gsafd 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 19 y-gencatlg lcc BK lmm 0 0 0 0 HU BJB BJB APT 2019-09-03 0 PS 3568 R225c 1990 00000138060 2019-09-03 00:00:00 1 2019-09-03 BK