Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley (English) Paperback Book

Description: Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley "Supreme Courtship" is another classic Buckley comedy about the Washington institutions most deserving of ridicule. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description President of the United States Donald Vanderdamp is having a hell of a time getting his nominees appointed to the Supreme Court. After one nominee is rejected for insufficiently appreciating To Kill A Mockingbird, the president chooses someone so beloved by voters that the Senate wont have the guts to reject her -- Judge Pepper Cartwright, the star of the nations most popular reality show, Courtroom Six. 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. 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. Supreme Courtship is another classic Christopher Buckley comedy about the Washington institutions most deserving of ridicule. Author Biography Christopher Buckley was born in New York City in 1952. He was educated at Portsmouth Abbey, worked on a Norwegian tramp freighter and graduated cum laude from Yale. At age 24 he was managing editor of Esquire magazine; at 29, chief speechwriter to the Vice President of the United States, George H.W. Bush. He was the founding editor of Forbes FYI magazine (now ForbesLife), where he is now editor-at-large. He is the author of fifteen books, which have translated into sixteen languages. They include: Steaming To Bamboola, The White House Mess, Wet Work, God Is My Broker, Little Green Men, No Way To Treat a First Lady, Florence of Arabia, Boomsday, Supreme Courtship, Losing Mum And Pup: A Memoir and Thank You For Smoking, which was made into a movie in 2005. Most have been named New York Times Notable Books of the Year. He has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, the New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Time, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, National Geographic, New York Magazine, the Washington Monthly, Forbes, Esquire, Vogue, Daily Beast, and other publications. He received the Washington Irving Prize for Literary Excellence and the Thurber Prize for American Humor. He lives in Connecticut. Review "Christopher Buckleyis Americas greatest living political satirist. Thats my story, and Im sticking to it . . . Just take my word for it, and the word is: delicious."--Adam Woog, Seattle Times"[Supreme Courtship] is full of such tasty nuggets, along with arcane Latin phrases and mirth-inducing names like Blyster Forkmorgan . . . One of the books telling points is that he never mentions which poltical parties these folks represent, and you realize it doesnt much matetr. When you are sketching a political cartton, donkeys and elephants alike are juicy targets." --Hartford Courant"An accomplished comic novelist and raucously funny political satirist."--Sunday Times of London"Hilarious . . . the book is full of wry observations on the follies of Washington high life. What makes it laugh-out-loud funny is Buckleys 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 capitals ruling elite. And once again he delivers serious insights along with antics . . . Buckley has fun with the courts fractious politics and even more fun riffing on the strange creatures and customs of its marble halls . . . Buckley lampoons as an insider. A onetime speechwriter for George H.W. Bush, he knows the monograms on the linens and has supped with kings. But hes more an anthropologist than a settler of scores. His own libertarian-leaning politics shine through his narratives without weighing them down. And hes admirably fair-minded, skewering politically correct crusaders on one page and holy-rolling bigots on the next. His villains are Washingtons ideologues, left and right, whose principles always boil down to self-regard. Buckleys heart belongs to the outsiders and mavericks who see through all the spin. Each of his novels may be light as air, but bit by bit theyre building up into a significant social portrait, the beginnings of a vast Comédie-Washingtonienne . . . At a time of high political absurdity, Buckley remains our sharpest guide to the capital, and amore serious one than we may suppose."--Blake Wilson, New York Times Review of Books"One of the funniest writers in the English language."--Tom Wolfe"One of the rarest political specimens-- the authentically comic writer."--Boston Globe"The premise of Christopher Buckleys new political comedy, Supreme Courtship, isnt all that far-fetched. In fact... this novel could more accurately be called near-fetched -- disarmingly, hilariously so... Youll be belly-laughing through Buckleys byzantine plot, which includes Peester v. Spendo-MaxCorp., a case in which a male shoplifter stuffing merchandise into a burqa sues the Reno police force for racial and religious profiling, and ends with the Supreme Court deciding a presidential election. As the president sighs, "Its not as though we havent been there before." Last go-around, it wasnt quite so uproarious."--Lisa Zeidner, The Washington Post"The quintessential political novelist of our time."--Fortune"What sets Buckley apart is his ability to mock Washington yet convey a genuine admiration for many of its residents . . . Buckley remains hilarious."--USA Today"You cant make this stuff up . . . Unless of course you are Christopher Buckley, son of the late William, whose fictional satires are must-reads for those looking to understand our cultural moment, or at least have a few laughs at it. Buckley is a master at cooking up scenarios that are wild without being entirely absurd and populating them with attractive characters..."--Chicago Sun TimesBuckleys ingenious and mischievous tale of a Washington shakeup via an injection of good old American authenticity is funny and entertaining . . . clever, merry, escapist.--Booklist Review Quote "You cant make this stuff up . . . Unless of course you areChristopher Buckley, son of the late William, whose fictional satires are must-reads for those looking to understand our cultural moment, or at least have a few laughs at it. Buckley is a master at cooking up scenarios that are wild without being entirely absurd and populating them with attractive characters..." Details ISBN0446697982 Author Christopher Buckley Short Title SUPREME COURTSHIP Pages 304 Language English ISBN-10 0446697982 ISBN-13 9780446697989 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Year 2009 Residence Washington, DC, US Birth 1952 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2009-09-07 NZ Release Date 2009-09-07 US Release Date 2009-09-07 UK Release Date 2009-09-07 Publisher Time Warner Trade Publishing Publication Date 2009-09-07 Imprint Warner Books Inc Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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