This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral-Plus, Plenty of Valet

This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral-Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking!-in America's Gilded Capital

Hailed as â€œvastly entertaining and deeply troublingâ€ (The New York Times Book Review), â€œas insidery as Game Changeâ€ (The Washington Post), and a â€œhysterically funny portrait of the capitalâ€™s vanities and ambitionsâ€ (The New Yorker), This Town captured Americaâ€™s attention as the political book of 2013. With a new Afterword by author Mark Leibovich, the book that is changing the national conversation about Washington is available in a stunning new edition.
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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 nationâ€™s capital, just millionaires. In This Town, Mark Leibovich, chief national correspondent for The New York Times Magazine, presents a blistering, stunningâ€”and often hysterically funnyâ€” examination of our ruling classâ€™s incestuous â€œmedia industrial complex.â€ Through his eyes, 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 cityâ€™s most powerful and puzzled-over journalist. How a disgraced Hill aide can overcome ignominy and maybe emerge with a more potent â€œbrandâ€ than many elected members of Congress. And how an administration bent on â€œchanging Washingtonâ€ 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.
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Outrageous, fascinating, and very necessary, This Town is a must-read, whether youâ€™re inside the Beltwayâ€”or just trying to get there.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780399170683
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2014-04-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780399170683

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780399170683
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2014-04-29
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780399170683

This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral-Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking!-in America's Gilded Capital

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