AG Mukasey keeps a copy of this book in his office. But he claims it’s for literary purposes only, and that he doesn’t get public policy ideas from the story.
I suppose when the ESPN gang lists the point spread for upcoming football games, you actually believe them when they say that they’re for entertainment purposes only. I also suppose that when a TV ad touts a 1-900 pay-per-minute psychic hotline, you believe the disclaimer that the hotline is for amusement purposes only — as if nobody who calls those hotlines doesn’t think that the quack on the other end of the line to whom they’re paying $6 a minute has any otherworldy abilities.
