![]() Each of his novels may be light as air, but bit by bit they're building up into a significant social portrait, the beginnings of a vast Comédie-Washingtonienne. Buckley's heart belongs to the outsiders and mavericks who see through all the spin. His villains are Washington's ideologues, left and right, whose principles always boil down to self-regard. And he's admirably fair-minded, skewering politically correct crusaders on one page and holy-rolling bigots on the next. His own libertarian-leaning politics shine through his narratives without weighing them down. But he's more an anthropologist than a settler of scores. Bush, he knows the monograms on the linens and has supped with kings. Buckley has fun with the court's fractious politics and even more fun riffing on the strange creatures and customs of its marble halls. And once again he delivers serious insights along with antics. What makes it laugh-out-loud funny is Buckley's sense of how little you have to exaggerate to make Washington seem absurd.- New York Daily News Once again, Buckley returns to his pet theme: the vanity and perfidy of the capital's ruling elite. the book is full of wry observations on the follies of Washington high life. clever, merry, escapist.- Booklist Hilarious. Hartford Courant An accomplished comic novelist and raucously funny political satirist.- Sunday Times of London Buckley's ingenious and mischievous tale of a Washington shakeup via an injection of good old American authenticity is funny and entertaining. ![]() When you are sketching a political cartton, donkeys and elephants alike are juicy targets. ![]() One of the book's telling points is that he never mentions which poltical parties these folks represent, and you realize it doesn't much matetr. Adam Woog, Seattle Times is full of such tasty nuggets, along with arcane Latin phrases and mirth-inducing names like Blyster Forkmorgan. ![]() Just take my word for it, and the word is: delicious. Supreme Courtship is another classic Christopher Buckley comedy about the Washington institutions most deserving of ridicule.Ĭhristopher Buckley is America's greatest living political satirist. Soon, Pepper finds herself in the middle of a constitutional crisis, a presidential reelection campaign that the president is determined to lose, and oral arguments of a romantic nature. Will Pepper, a straight-talking Texan, survive a confirmation battle in the Senate? Will becoming one of the most powerful women in the world ruin her love life? And even if she can make it to the Supreme Court, how will she get along with her eight highly skeptical colleagues, including a floundering Chief Justice who, after legalizing gay marriage, learns that his wife has left him for another woman. After one nominee is rejected for insufficiently appreciating To Kill A Mockingbird, the president chooses someone so beloved by voters that the Senate won't have the guts to reject her - Judge Pepper Cartwright, the star of the nation's most popular reality show, Courtroom Six. President of the United States Donald Vanderdamp is having a hell of a time getting his nominees appointed to the Supreme Court. ![]()
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