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It serves as a bridge between the stogy political reporting of Theodore White's Making of the President series and page turners like John Heilemann and Mark Halperin's Game Change about the election. I tried and tried to connect with even the remotest strand of humanity in the characters and alas -- nothing! Back when Bill was president, I probably wouldn't have believed it, but after seeing Hillary's recent campaign and their sense of entitlement, it rings true. Lightly worn and soiled jacket. Please Note: Because there is no dust jacket, there may not be any additional pictures attached. Seller Inventory It took me two months of lunch breaks to read but it was worth it. About this Item: Penguin , Published by Penguin Random House Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. The governor of the state, Orlando Ozio, has been thinking of running himself for the presidency so he boycotts the campaign efforts. Burton soon learns that Stanton will say whatever needs to Primary Colors A Novel of Politics 10th edition said to help him win the election and finally reaches the point of no return when he must choose between his ideals and the harsh reality of politics. It reads like it was written as a longform piece of journalism - so I was less than surprised when I learned its author is indeed primarily a journalist. Pages and cover are clean and intact. He listens to Primary Colors A Novel of Politics 10th edition long tirades about policy, watches as the man overeats and witnesses how he continues to flirt with almost every woman he meets. See the movie, which surprisingly is better. And although in the book the press is portrayed as anxious to bury Clinton with the scandals when they broke, that was not in fact the reality for Clinton. He fires all of his advisers and just "talks" to people. Read more Only certain kinds of people are cut out for this work—and, yeah, we are not princes, by and large. The truth here isn't pretty. And while you want your eyelids to be heavy, while you want to wash out the ashes with a Listerine waterfall, you're too jaded to want to know how it ends. This is definitely a believable story. Oct 26, Victor Davis rated it liked Primary Colors A Novel of Politics 10th edition Shelves: movie-was-better. Be sure to check out the rest of our inventory. In the 10th-anniversary edition of Primary ColorsKlein added an afterword. Primary Colors Anonymous. Seller Image. I'm not saying I didn't find it enjoyable and gripping, and reading it I can't help feeling that the writers of Veep must have cribbed a few ideas from its pages. I have to admit that I didn't went crazy about for the book or the movie, at that particular moment, but again I think that it was a "too serious" story in a moment in my life that I was reading and watching lighter stuff. Download for print-disabled. In it, on the eve of Hillary's failed campaign, he writes, "I think about taking another run [with these characters], although I'm pretty sure a Susan Stanton campaign for president wouldn't be nearly as much fun as Jack's. We live an eternity of false smiles—and why? Condition: Very Good. Refresh and try again. The plot then follows the primary election calendar beginning Primary Colors A Novel of Politics 10th edition New Hampshire where Stanton's affair with Cashmere, his wife's hairdresser, and his participation in a Vietnam War era protest come to light and threaten to derail his presidential prospects. Primary Colors

While reading I felt like I was with a crafty caricature of . Photo may differ from actual book cover. The tone is certainly one anybody who has watched Veep or its British forebear The Thick of It will recognise and relish. It was like reading an awful political soap opera with unbelievable characters. Klein is good with these characters. Jack Stanton can light up a room, but he's got feet of clay. Retrieved January 21, Jun 02, Brett rated it really liked it Shelves: domestic-politicspopular-fiction. Dec 17, Mfalco65 rated it really liked it. Sort order. I am not saying that I support marital deception, but in a Primary Colors A Novel of Politics 10th edition, I think that it's worse when they really don't believe in Primary Colors A Novel of Politics 10th edition political opinions and they are just saying them to gain the support of the voter. Add another edition? But all it does is present it. It's worth the read for the ending, and I find that rare in books. That in politics you sell your soul for power and it's all good because you'll make up for all the reprehensible, dirty things you've done because you'll change the world! Politicians are human as any other person in any other job career, and I can understand their "character failures" Primary Colors A Novel of Politics 10th edition their personal areas. Klein was identified as the author several months after its publication. And while it's fascinating, Primary Colors A Novel of Politics 10th edition way watching a car crash or a butcher at work is fascinating, it's not particularly literary or enlightening. I enjoyed Primary Colors more than expected probably because it's so far out of date. Thompson April Forget the Clinton angle, it is a great story regardless. The book begins as an idealistic former congressional worker, Henry Burton, joins the presidential campaign of southern governor Jack Stanton, a thinly disguised stand- in for Bill Clinton. Retrieved Jan 02, Maryanne rated it did not like it Shelves: politics. Yet Klein's gossip-laden prose is worth revisiting inonly because, through the fictional Susan Stanton, he drops clues at the kind of leader he thinks Hillary might become. It is a very uncomplementary view of Bill and , and a great look inside the excitement and passion of a presidential campaign. Typical transit time for standard media mail is business days. This content is imported from YouTube. View all 15 comments. When a former congressional aide becomes part of the staff of the governor of a small Southern state, he watches in horror, admiration, and amazement, as the governor mixes calculation and sincerity in his not-so-above-board campaign for the presidency. About Anonymous. More filters. More information about this seller Contact this seller 8. Having seen the movie more than once, I was driven to read the book. And it was a struggle. If I hadn't seen the film, this might have been riveting, and it must have been revalatory when it came out. She was drawing attention to her perfection, which only served to remind people of her husband's imperfection—it was, I realized, a vengeful act"dialogue, meaningful plot development, a good turn of phrase "It felt like the quiet scene just before the monster comes"and literary imagery "the roadsides were the color of a squeezed fingertip" than many full-time novelists. On the other hand, I suspect that a lot of this really does happen in the Primary Colors A Novel of Politics 10th edition world of political campaigning, even now. Some of the nuts and bolts of Primary Colors A Novel of Politics 10th edition have changed sincebut many of the personality types involved are the same, and obviously the goal--winning--is still there. The movie came out in the middle of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, and supplied more ammunition to the right wing that lasts to this day. Published by Random House first published January 16th And Jack Stanton, the Bill Clinton figure, survives a sex scandal with his wife's hairdresser, the absurdly named Cashmere McLeod, and inhales donuts by the dozen. It was as if we were being borne, actually propelled, through our schedule by a lunatic tide--we were sucked out of high school auditoriums. April 29, Not in Library. Nichols doesn't bore us with a single relationship conversation or scene between Henry and ad guru Daisy—hilariously we just see them in bed together when Henry gets a campaign crisis call. We see some glimpse of what we wish we were. Your heroes, if you had any while reading it, fall, your dreams end not in nightmares, but in the slow, tremulous opening of eyelids to find the same walls, the same alarm clock, the same vapid conviction-free career politicians spouting nonsense, just like always. Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics is a book by columnist —published anonymously—about the presidential campaign of a southern governor. Add to Basket Used Condition: Good. Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics

I would recommend "Primary Colors" to anyone interested in 20th Century politics and the nature of politics in the years leading up to the year It was as if we were being borne, actually propelled, through our schedule by a lunatic tide--we were sucked out of high school auditoriums. Written from the point of view of a Governor's aide turned campaign manager, this story discusses the entry of a southern governor into a hotly contested Presidential campaign in a media dominated election. And I suspect I was usually correct about who the character might be based Primary Colors A Novel of Politics 10th edition, even if sometimes not consciously by the author. Primary Colors gets the thrill of the great American experiment in democracy, what it means to be a Candidatewhy people work such long hours for these people, the sordid deals and lies of what politics is, and the soaring ideals of what it might be. Other editions. CNN transcripts. I'd always wanted to see what all the fuss was about. In the 10th- anniversary edition of Primary ColorsKlein added an afterword. Archived from the original on January 13, Primary Colors Anonymous. About this Item: Random House. I will admit that I looked up the career dates of many people while reading this book because many characters sounded like This one was hard to rate. Want to Read. Even at that moment was published as an "anonymous" work. Burton, meanwhile has his own romance with media whiz Daisy, and teams up with the bipolar and aggressively queer "dustbuster" Libby partially based on Vince Foster to kill threats to the Stantons, and dig up opposition research on the Primary Colors A Novel of Politics 10th edition candidates, including a strange story of sex, drugs, and corrupt real estate deals. Which, Primary Colors A Novel of Politics 10th edition half-baked mind believes, may well It starts out slowly, ploddingly, irritatingly. It is what is so often compelling about politics. Books by Anonymous. Photo may differ from actual book cover. There's one love story line that's not in the movie, but otherwise the vast majority of the movie is just like the book, thus removing the idea that the book is somehow superior. See more about this book on Archive. Dewey Decimal. The third shoe dropped with a smart marketing strategy, aligning the books delivery to bookstore shelves as Clinton began his campaign for re-election. Edited by IdentifierBot. You've watched Larkin, you've watched O'Brien, you've watched me do it. Minimal wear. Slight discoloration on the dust cover. The story doesn't hesitate to show something that maybe any voter in any country knows Back when Bill was president, I probably wouldn't have believed it, but after seeing Hillary's recent campaign and their sense of entitlement, it rings true. Susan and Jack Stanton read Hillary and Bill are shown in a very negative light as political animals who will do anything, and throw anyone under the bus, in order to get elected. The Weekly Standard. On the other hand, I suspect that a lot of this really does happen in the scrappy world of political campaigning, even now. Henry, you know this better than anyone. Retrieved In one scene, she laments that the character, then governor of New York, probably Primary Colors A Novel of Politics 10th edition challenge Jack Stanton in the presidential race.

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