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Chargement... The Ernesto "Che" Guevara School for Wayward Girls: A Novel of Politicspar William F. Gavin
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. -An insider’s comic look on modern Washington and American politics. The book follows the stories of several characters, related by chance, relationship, blood or history through a heady critique of the left, right and all that is going on in DC. Set around the story off a fallen, blue blood speechwriter, the book weaves through several characters' attempts to reconcile the liberal revolution of the American 60’s to the state of the country post-Reagan and Clinton. What happens when a down home radio DJ with the support of his good ol' boy goon squad and the daughter of an American communist legend and leader of the progressive ultra left both decide to run for president against the current George Hamiltonesque Democratic president? What about the growing union of American workers that don’t like to work? This book was hilarious, helped in part by a familiarity with setting. The writer is a former Nixon aide so he has seen the good and the bad for sure. The maneuvering and general out-of-touch state of all those in American politics couldn’t be more poignant. Written in the style of Ishmael Reed without the gibberish or obtuse structure, this is a good effort and an enjoyable read. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Ripe and ruthless Beltway satire by a former Presidential speechwriter. Peter Holmes Dickinson (of the Main Line Dickinsons), a former top speechwriter for President Tyler "Ty the Guy" Ferguson, is a charming snob, a part-time coke-head, full-time womanizer, and in big trouble. His Washington speechwriting firm is tanking, he owes money to Dean, a hillbilly drug dealer, and also to Jeb Hammerford, a northern Virginia construction executive. And, oh yes, Pete has been shtooping Marlie Rae Perkins, a veritable Valkyrie of a policewoman from rural Virginia, given to periodic fits of overpossessiveness. And then, across a crowded room (actually the foyer in The Kennedy Center), Pete sees Che Che Hart, his former lover. Che Che is beautiful, a Georgetown professor, a kickboxing student, and the daughter of Donna Hart Lyons. Donna is a former soap opera queen, dedicated left-wing activist (Time Magazine called her "The Godmother of the American Left"), and, since the death-by-orgasm of her billionaire octogenarian husband, rich beyond the dreams of avarice. Donna's latest scheme is to reform prostitutes through heavy doses of leftist dogma at The Ernesto "Che" Guevara School for Wayward Girls, located on her Montana ranch. Marrying Che Che would be one way of paying off Pete's debts, but first he has to make her forget what a rat he is. While he is thinking of creative ways to lie to Che Che, he gets a call from Harry Gottlieb, President Ferguson's long-suffering chief-of-staff. Would Pete like to resume doing speeches for Ty the Guy, on the side, but without Ty knowing it is Pete doing the writing? So begins this screamingly funny, page-turning, equal-opportunity-offending political satire. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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