The Speechwriter: A Brief Education in Politics

The Speechwriter: A Brief Education in Politics

The Speechwriter brings you inside the spin room of the modern politician in â€œa wry and eloquent memoirâ€ (The Wall Street Journal) that is â€œthe best book about politics Iâ€™ve read in yearsâ€ (GQ) and â€œwill become a classicâ€ (The Washington Post).

Everyone knows this kind of politician: a charismatic maverick who goes up against the system and its ways, but thinks he doesnâ€™t have to live by the rules. Through his own experience as a speechwriter for a controversial governor, Barton Swaim tells the story of a band of believers who attach themselves to this sort of ambitious narcissistâ€”and what happens when it all comes crashing down.

As The Washington Post put it, â€œThe Speechwriter feels like Veep meets All the Kingâ€™s Menâ€”an entertaining and engrossing book not just about the absurdities of working in the press shop of a Southern governor but also about the meaning of words in public life.â€ Swaim paints a portrait of a boss so principled heâ€™d rather sweat than use state money to pay for air conditioning, so oblivious heâ€™d wear the same stained shirt for two weeks, so egotistical heâ€™d belittle his staffers to make himself feel better, and so self-absorbed he never once apologized to his staff for making his administration the laughingstock of the country. On the surface, this is the story of one politicianâ€™s rise and fall. But in the end, itâ€™s a story about usâ€”the very real people who want to believe in our leaders and must learn to survive with broken hearts. The Speechwriter is â€œa wryly funny, beautifully writtenâ€¦dissection of what it is like to perform a thankless job for an unreasonable person in a dysfunctional officeâ€¦A marvelously entertaining book. Itâ€™s clear [Swaim] spent a long time on it, because heâ€™s made it look so effortlessâ€ (The New York Times).
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781476769943
ReleaseDate 2016-07-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781476769943

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781476769943
ReleaseDate	2016-07-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781476769943

The Speechwriter: A Brief Education in Politics

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