This Town

Name: This Town
Brand: Penguin Publishing Group : Penguin Books
SKU: 9780399170683-PRUSDTR-US
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Two Parties and a Funeral--Plus Plenty of Valet Parking!--in America's Gilded Capital

Mark Leibovich (Author) ... more

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English • Age Adult - Adult

416 pages • 5.51 x 8.21 x 1.07 in

Approx. weight: 0.81 lb

Publication date: 29 Apr,2014

Barcode: 9780399170683 • Penguin Publishing Group : Penguin Books

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By: Mark Leibovich

The #1 New York Times bestseller!

Washington D.C. might be loathed from every corner of the nation, yet these are fun and busy days at this nexus of big politics, big money, big media, and big vanity. There are no Democrats and Republicans anymore in the nation's capital, just millionaires. Through the eyes of Leibovich we discover how the funeral for a beloved newsman becomes the social event of the year; how political reporters are fetishized for their ability to get their names into the predawn e-mail sent out by the city's most powerful and puzzled-over journalist; how a disgraced Hill aide can overcome ignominy and maybe emerge with a more potent "brand" than many elected members of Congress. And how an administration bent on "changing Washington" can be sucked into the ways of This Town with the same ease with which Tea Party insurgents can, once elected, settle into it like a warm bath. Outrageous, fascinating, and very necessary, This Town is a must-read whether you're inside the highway which encircles DC - or just trying to get there.