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O'Connell fights hard for gun con- "I learned something early on in this trol, facing overwhelming opposition, business," says Uris, who has been mar- while Tomtree is willing to risk the ried three times, has five children and safety of American citizens to achieve two grandchildren, and is presently sin- his own ambitions. gle. "When my daughter was little, she In the meantime, an event reminis- came down with polio. Before that I cent of the tragedies in Oklahoma thought I would die if I didn't become City and Littleton, Colo., occurs: 400 a great writer, but I realized that if Eagle Scouts are killed in an explosion something happens to your child, what set off by the militia. difference does it make if you are the With one week to go before the most famous writer in the world? I election, O'Connell — orphaned at love what I do, and I love to write. But birth and adopted by his Irish Catholic still, it's my family that's family — learns he most important." was born Jewish. Happy to talk about Although this well- A God In Ruins, and kept secret can shat- share his views on the ter his chances for the issues of the day, Uris presidency, spoke with the Jewish O'Connell announces News about his latest his Jewish heritage to book, Israel, today's the American public. youth and the present As a result, every state of our country. anti-Jewish hate group in the country JN: Did you base the reacts violently — characters in your latest another Kristallnacht book — Quinn Patrick in the making. O'Connell, a liberal In the riveting governor running for ending, readers find the presidency, and out if Americans are Thornton Tomtree, a ready for a Jewish Ready for a Jewish president? conservative presiden- president. tial incumbent — on In typical Uris anyone in particular? includes elements form, A God in Ruins LU: Quinn is the man we hoped of history, the military, politics, Clinton would be and the man I Judaism and anti-Semitism. And like in would like to have been. The coinci- his other novels, he draws from his per- dence of us both being Jewish Marines sonal experiences. — well, of course, you write about Born in Baltimore, the author what you know. As for Thornton, he moved to Norfolk, Va., with his moth- is today's driven, tycoon computer er at age 5, after his parents divorced. But when you take him apart, whiz. At age 10, he wrote an operetta about there is no heart, no soul — only a the death of his dog, and from then computer. This is what's disturbing me on, dreamed of becoming a writer. today — you have all of these young After dropping out of high school tycoons who don't know where they at age 17, and a stint in the Marines, are going, except [on a path] to Uris married a Marine sergeant devour one another. (whom he has since divorced), moved to San Francisco and had three chil- JN: Your book begins in 2008. What dren. By day he drove a circulation do you think about the future of this truck for a newspaper, and, by night, country? he continued to write. LU: We have seen an extraordinary Finally, following a lot of angst, he thing happen in this century. We have published his first novel, Battle Cry. His had the nuclear bombings and the second novel, The Angry Hills, about a Holocaust, the Vietnam War, and man who fought the Palestinian through it all, I have seen a great Brigade, piqued his interest in Israel. maturing in the American people. He pulled together his savings, and They understand relationships better. traveled there to begin research.