The Solomon Scandals A Washington newspaper novel by David Rothman

Fisticuff in the Washington Post’s newsroom: And here you thought ‘Scandals’ was only a NOVEL?

Henry Allen, a Pulitzer Prize win­ner in his late 60s, punched the face of fea­ture writer Manuel Roig-Franzia—right there in the city room at the Wash­ing­ton Post.

Mar­cus Brauchli, the Post’s exec­u­tive edi­tor, is said to have sep­a­rated Allen, an ex-Marine, from Roig-Franzia. Enjoy not-quite-ringside reports from The Washingtonian’s Harry Jaffe,  FishBowlDC’s Matt Dor­nic, the Politico’s Michael Calderone, the Wash­ing­ton City Paper’s Erik Wem­ple and the Post’s own Gene Wein­garten, as well as Huff­in­g­ton Post com­men­tary.

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• Free paper copy of ‘The Solomon Scandals’ if you come up with the best replacement for ‘L Street’ and ‘WaPo’
• The Watergate editor and the society legend: A loving look at them by their son who lives ‘A Different Life’
• Georgetown Dish joins TBD blog network: Deju vu angles—in Washington Post’s backyard