Larry Rohter writes a very interesting article about the success of "Man Gone Down," a novel by Michael Thomas. The book was recently awarded the Impac Dublin Prize in spite of the fact that most people in the literary world had placed it in seventh place out of eight books up for the prize. The author is very flattered, but he is worried that his success is being viewed much the way Obama's success is, that he is a symbol of optimism and that's not how Mr. Thomas sees it.
The lead for this article is good. It might be a little long (24 words) but it pulls in the interest of those looking for a good book and then the article goes on to talk about not just the book, but the author's life as well.
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