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Review Date: August 14, 2010
Reviewer: George Dinsmore, Tampa, FL USA
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Review Date: June 28, 2010
Reviewer: Stoney, Miami, FL
PERSONAL NOTE: It is crystal clear to anyone, Left, Right, or Center, who has been paying attention, that the United States has been plunging on a self-destructive course for at least several decades. Who or what is the cause remains the question. The Left has their nutcase conspiracy theories, mostly blaming the Right--which are pretty convincing. The Right has their nutcase conspiracy theories, mostly blaming the Left--which are pretty convincing. Could it be that we all have a common enemy? Could it be that the erosion of freedom, and the growth of corporate government is the problem?

Glenn Beck presents a preposterous "conspiracy theory", which is not intended to be taken literally. His purpose is to stimulate thought, to shift the window. The problem is that he doesn't know where to center his window as a starting point. Glenn Beck's genius is in proposing a common solution--whatever the true cause of our problems is.

THE TEASER: The novel starts with a teaser, a loathsome device which is intended to catch bookstore readers with up-front action. Although short, the teaser is irrelevant to the story, and other than "setting the mood", only serves to potentially confuse the reader.

THE SETUP: Noah Gardener is the vice president of the most influential public relations company in the country, ran by his father Arthur, who is the eminence grise behind a conspiracy behind a "new world order", to turn the U.S. into a "benevolent dictatorship". Noah observes a new minor employee, Molly, tacking up a notice for a "restoration of the U.S." rally. Molly's mother, Beverly Emerson, of course, is the leader of the patriotic "Founders Keepers". Noah is immediate smitten with Molly, and decides to attend the rally--where they are both arrested, and somehow as a result fall in love.

CRITIQUE: There are numerous technical flaws and artistic shortcomings in "The Overton Window"---but no worse than some of the lesser novels of the most popular current novelists. Besides, no-one will judge "The Overton Window" by those standards---so I won't dwell those flaws. "Atlas Shrugged"--to which "The Overton Window" is often compared---has similar flaws, but has remained the second largest seller, worldwide, in all history, second only to the Bible for over 50 years. Unfortunately, "The Overton Window" will be forgotten while "Atlas Shrugged" is still selling strong, because Rand's events are generic, reoccuring in various forms almost daily, while Beck's are specific real events which will get stale quickly. Although Beck fans (like myself) will love "The Overton Window", the fact is, Beck fails to make his case in a convincing way (other than to those of us already in the choir). Beck only succeeds in convincingly demonstrating that "something is terribly wrong". Beck cites a few examples of inexplicable events and frightening trends, but his fails to convincingly explain "how and why" these are happening. A few "real" events can be dismissed as freak occurances. Rand's genius was in abstracting the essense of the real events she observed.

Rand brilliantly and thoroughtly portrays the nature of institutional incompetence, willful ignorance, and greed. Not only does Ayn Rand clearly identify and portray the nature of evil, as she understoond it, she spends over a thousand pages with dozens of examples and variations on her theme to get her point across. Beck fails to perceive that a the most important feature of the actual application of "the overton window" is repetition, and more repetition, and more repetition. Most people complain about "Atlas Shrugged" 1000+ pages, but Rand needed every page. Rand doesn't provide a shifting view through a single window---she provides dozens of veiws from every concievable angle.

Note on the audiobook version: Many fans could hope that Glenn Beck would narrate the novel himself. Fortunately, the narrator sounds like Beck, and does a superb job. Unfortunately, if you only have the audio-version, you'll miss the end-notes at the back of the printed version which identify which events have really happened.

THE VERDICT: As a first novel, the "Overton Window" is very good. As a political novel, like "1984", "The Overton Window" falls short of its goals.
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A plan to destroy America, a hundred years in the making, is about to be unleashed . . . can it be stopped?

There is a powerful technique called the Overton Window that can shape our lives, our laws, and our future. It works by manipulating public perception so that ideas previously thought of as radical begin to seem acceptable over time. Move the Window and you change the debate. Change the debate and you change the country.


For Noah Gardner, a twentysomething public relations executive, it's safe to say that political theory is the furthest thing from his mind. Smart, single, handsome, and insulated from the world's problems by the wealth and power of his father, Noah is far more concerned about the future of his social life than the future of his country.


But all of that changes when Noah meets Molly Ross, a woman who is consumed by the knowledge that the America we know is about to be lost forever. She and her group of patriots have vowed to remember the past and fight for the future--but Noah, convinced they're just misguided conspiracy-theorists, isn't interested in lending his considerable skills to their cause.


And then the world changes.


An unprecedented attack on U.S. soil shakes the country to the core and puts into motion a frightening plan, decades in the making, to transform America and demonize all those who stand in the way. Amidst the chaos, many don't know the difference between conspiracy theory and conspiracy fact--or, more important, which side to fight for.


But for Noah, the choice is clear: Exposing the plan, and revealing the conspirators behind it, is the only way to save both the woman he loves and the individual freedoms he once took for granted.


After five back-to-back #1 New York Times bestsellers, national radio and Fox News television host Glenn Beck has delivered a ripped-from-the-headlines thriller that seamlessly weaves together American history, frightening facts about our present condition, and a heart-stopping plot. The Overton Window will educate, enlighten, and, most important, entertain--with twists and revelations
no one will see coming.
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