Author David Rothman was interviewed for BookCast by Fairfax County Public Library Director Sam Clay. BookCast is sponsored by Virginia Commerce Bank through the Fairfax Library Foundation.

• David Rothman is the author of six non-fiction books and a native of the Washington area. The Solomon Scandals is his first novel and is based on his work as a local investigative reporter in the 1970s.



• “The Solomon Scandals depicts a Washington D.C. tainted with corruption on a grand scale. The novel tells the story of . . . Jonathan Stone, who investigates a rich, powerful pillar of the Jewish community, Seymour Solomon. Stone's efforts are hindered by an ethically-challenged editor hoping to hush the inconvenient truths; and helped by a grad student who shares her bathtub and her bed. Politicians are exposed and the media skewered in this comic-tragic tale of Washington D.C. laid bare.” - From ePublishers Weekly



• According to James Fallows, “The Solomon Scandals is a mordantly entertaining book that broadens the cast of the standard Washington novel beyond spymasters and politicians to include real estate brokers and federal contract officers.”

David Rothman interviewed by the fictional reporter Jonathan Stone