Man in the Middle by Brian Haig - anybody read it? Fictional indictment of the war.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

I picked up a couple of cheap paperbacks of Brian Haig's last year sometime. I love political thriller, mysteries and Haig's main character, Sean Drummond, is a funny, irreverent Military attorney with a dash of special forces mixed in for good measure. I know that if a military man spoke to his superiors like Drummond does he would be pulling duty outside the Green Zone in Iraq - but it makes for some funny dialog.

I enjoyed the books a lot before I read a blurb somewhere that my Brian Haig is the son of the terrible, awful, smug, lying, neofacist Alexander Haig. I'm ashame to admit it but if I had known, I'm sure I wouldn't have read that first word because I dislike his father so much. He writes a good yarn and is excellent brain candy for cold winter nights.

Haig's newest book, Man in the Middle, was released last month and I just happened to be in the public library the moment they initially was placing the book on the racks for the first time (virgin book!). I snatched it up.

Haig didn't disappoint but he certainly gave me a few things to think about and this war. First off, while he never calls Chucklenuts by name he does not hesitate to ridicule him (called him stupid) and deride Chucklenuts' feckless war. He gives it pretty good to some Dems, too, so I came away with a pretty even handed impression of looking at both sides of the war.

One of the main themes in the book was civil liberties up against saving people from terrorists. The main character is conflicted by the atrocities of war offset by the nastiness of some of the methods used to get info. He is an attorney who lives and breathes the Constitution but also is in the middle of a lot of blood and carnage.

My question - Has anyone read the book? What were your impressions? I found this book to be oddly entertaining (although I thought the writer bailed on the ending) but really thought provoking.

Impressions, anyone?

[Crocodile Hunter]

1. Haven't read it, but the title reminds me

I haven't read the book, but I like the title, as it reminds me of Maurice Gibb from the Bee Gees, who tragically died 12th January 2003 at the age of 53. On their last album in 2001, one of Maurice's songs was called "Man in the Middle" and it would seem to sum him up quite adequately in some ways.

The book does sound interesting, however. I shall keep an eye out for it.