Lost Voices 6: The Wanting of Levine by Michael Halberstam
The Wanting of Levine
By Michael Halberstam
25 Apr, 2000
Lost Voices
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The Wanting of Levine
Michael Halberstam
Berkley Books [1978]
458 pages
Synopsis: it’s 1988, the decline of the US has proceeded ever further, and the popular President1 Bigelow has declined to stand for re-election. Senator Rackey looks likely to get the Democratic Party nomination until he murders his wife. This is eventually seen as an unsurmountable barrier to election and so his supporters must look around for someone else to run. A.L. Levine, who has worked for the Democratic Party for years, accidentally has his name added to a list of possibles the party wants to test for political viability. He tests very strongly and eventually gets the green light to vie for the position of Democratic candidate for the President and subsequently, if he wins, to run for President against the Republican candidate.