This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral--Plus Plenty of Valet Parking!--In America's Gilded Capital (Hardcover) by Mark Leibovich

from publiusdb

If you needed any reason to be cynical about American politics--especially nationally--then Mark Leibovich's This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral -- plus plenty of valet parking! -- in America's Gilded Capital is the book for you. I guarantee that you will not put it down with a breath single bre...

from grandpahobo

I first learned about this book when the author was interviewed by Sam Seder on The Majority Report (majority.fm).This is an excellent expose of the narcissistic, celebrity and money driven nature of D.C. Regardless of which party is in control, there is a permanent class of people who are focuse...

from cblaker

I found this book difficult to finish. It was not because the book was poorly written.It's because Washington is so incestuous it's disgusting. Lines fade or don't exist between lawmakers, pundits, lawyers, and lobbyists. It's stomach-turning how much these people are making and how little good t...

from nyiper

As a person who watches way too much TV political stuff I was completely familiar with everyone mentioned in the book so it was just plain fun to read the extra comments about the history of the last several years---Leibovich has an easy way of writing, almost as if he is talking right to you.

from katiekrug

The touchstone for this book actually reads This Town: The Way It Works in Suck Up City, a title that is funnier and more appropriate than what it was finally published as. But regardless, this insider's look at the incestuous relationships among DC's politicians, power brokers, lobbyists and med...