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This town Book : 2 Parties and a Funeral in America's Gilded Capital M18
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780399161308
- Book Title
- This Town : Two Parties and a Funeral -- Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking! -- In America's Gilded Capital
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Political Science, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- American Government / Local, Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Political, American Government / General, American Government / National
- Item Weight
- 21.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0399161309
ISBN-13
9780399161308
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117139412
Product Key Features
Book Title
This Town : Two Parties and a Funeral -- Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking! -- In America's Gilded Capital
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
American Government / Local, Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Political, American Government / General, American Government / National
Genre
Political Science, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
21.7 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2013-009796
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Here it is, Washington in all its splendid, sordid glory…[Leibovich] seems to wear those special glasses that allow you to x-ray the outside and see what's really going on. Start to finish, this is a brilliant portrait pointillist, you might say, or modern realist. So brilliant that once it lands on a front table at Politics & Prose Leibovich will never be able to have lunch in this town again. There are also important insights tucked in among the barbs…So here's to all the big mouths, big shots, big machers, and big jerks. In case you're wondering, Mark Leibovich is on to every one of you, and his portrayal of This Town is spot on." -David Shribman, The New York Times "Leibovich has written a very funny book about how horrible his industry can be… Uncommonly honest." -David Weigel, Slate "[Leibovich] is a master of the political profile… This Town is as insidery as Game Change" -Carlos Lozada, Washington Post "Intensely anticipated…. [Leibovich] has a real affection for many of his characters… [and] also throws a few unapologetically hard punches." -Ben Smith, Buzzfeed
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
306.209753
Synopsis
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., Tim Russert is Dead. But the room was alive. Big Ticket Washington Funerals can make such great networking opportunities. Power mourners keep stampeding down the red carpets of the Kennedy Center, handing out business cards, touching base. And there is not time to waste in a gold rush, even (or especially) at a solemn tribal event like this. Washington This Town might be loathed from every corner of the nation, yet these are fun and busy days at this nexus of bug politics, big money, big media, and big vanity. There are no Democrats and Republicans anymore in the nation's capital, just millionaires. That is the grubby secret of the place in the twenty-first century. You will always have lunch in This Town again. No matter how many elections you lose, apologies you make, or make, or scandals you endure. In This Town , Mark Leibovich, chief national correspondent for The New York Times Magazine , presents a blistering, stunning and often hysterically funny examination of our ruling class's incestuous 'media industrial complex.' 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 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 destined to win Leibovich a whole host of, er, new friends. This Town is must reading, whether you're inside the Beltway or just trying to get there. 'Today's insider Washington has become a sprawling 'conversation' in which tens of thousands partake by tweet, blog, or whatever . . . The Washington story has become something more momentous, befitting a 'narrative': a pumped-up word in a pumped-up place where everything is changing, maybe more than in any city in the country . . . Or maybe nothing is changing at all, and the only certainty is that the city fathers of This Town will endure like perennials in a well-tended cemetery.' From This Town Warning: This Town does not contain an index. Those players wishing to know how they came out will need to read the book.
LC Classification Number
JK1726.L45 2013
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