Playing With Fire

By Scott Lazenby

Book Overview

It rains a lot in Trillium, Oregon, but not enough to douse the political, personal and literal fires that surround the man in the hot seat, Ben Cromarty, Trillium's city manager. A suburb of Portland... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595194109
• ISBN13: 9780595194100
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A must read by all!!

This book is amazing! It pulls the reader in and hangs on! You will likely not be able to put it down until it is read. It is an easy read yet well written. It holds real world events including political agendas and the personal life of a city office member. PLEASE BUY TWO COPIES!! One for you and one for a friend!!

Excellent Book

I had to read this book for a State and Local Gov't course in colleg. Most books that are required tend to be dry. This book defies that concept. Scott does an excellent job decribing the in's and out's of local government through the eyes of a city manager. He does a good job of keeping the reader's attention throughout the novel. Must Read if your interested in government the slightest bit.

Well written

This is a well written novel. Lazenby knows his subject well. He understand the politics. I had intended to read this on my vacation. I was going to read just the first three pages. I got hooked and finished the book. It may seem hard to believe but this is a very exciting novel about local government. I recommend this book to any that have interest in government, politics, policy-- or just want an interesting novel to read. I hope Lazenby continues to write.

Engagingly entertaining, realistic, and educational

A novel about being a city manager sounded like a formula for pure boredom -- and I have experience as a local elected official and teach public policy. I am glad that I felt "duty bound" to read this book, it is extraordinarily well done. Lazenby masterfully creates a complex, multi-tiered plot involving all of the complexity and many of the issues faced by local governments today. Even a casual reader who simply wants to get a sense of what really happens at City Hall everyday will be well rewarded with both information and entertainment by this book.