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Even Bob Novak Needs An Editor

His new autobio, The Prince of Darkness, is a great read that tells all about his leading role in the Valerie Plame affair.

But we hear that Robert Novak needed a good editor just like the rest of us scribes to get it to press. At 662 pages-not including 16 pages of pictures-it's half of what he originally submitted.

His team tells us that it goes on sale next week after he officially unveils it on Meet the Press.

A big media tour is scheduled but so far no stop at CNN, which in 2005 unceremoniously dumped the longtime guest host-then under fire for revealing Plame's name-after he blurted out an obscenity.

By Paul Bedard

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