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Gotlieb's Washington Diaries and the Ottawa prize race
Allan Gotlieb, noted Canadian ambassador to the United States, is a finalist for the $15,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing with The Washington Diaries. The book covers his 1981–89 tenure, insider salons, Muldoney era dinners, and a 1986 Mulroney state visit marked by seating chaos and a notable slap incident.
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