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AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author, a hilarious, sharply drawn send-up of local politics • A novel about a dark-horse candidate who risks his personal happiness for a career in the Texas House of Representatives •'Required reading in these politically turbulent times.”—Susan Orlean, author of On Animals“A rollicking satire...'— Paul Begala, The New York Times Book Review Sonny Lamb is an affable, if floundering, rancher with the unfortunate habit of becoming a punchline in his Texas hometown. Most recently, to everyone's headshaking amusement, he bought his own bull at an auction. But when a fire breaks out at a neighbor's farm, Sonny makes headlines in another way: not waiting for help, he bolts to the farm where his heroic actions make the evening news.Almost immediately, and seemingly out of nowhere, a handsomely dressed lobbyist from Austin arrives at his ranch door and asks if he'd like to run for his West Texas district's seat in the state legislature. Though Sonny has zero experience and doesn't consider himself political at all, the fate of his ranch—and perhaps his marriage to the lovely “cowgirl” Lola—hangs in the balance. With seemingly no other choice, Sonny decides to throw his hat in the ring.As he navigates life in politics—from running a campaign to negotiating in the capitol—Sonny must learn the ropes, weighing his own ethics and environmental concerns against the pressures of veteran politicians, savvy lobbyists, and his own party. In tracing Sonny's attempt to balance his marriage and morality with an increasingly volatile professional life, Lawrence Wright has crafted an irresistibly funny and clever roller-coaster ride about one man's pursuit of goodness in the Lonestar State.

. Madrugada, politicien de l'opposition modérée, est cependant de mèche avec le parti au pouvoir et travaille dans la compagnie Kiyumpala pour surveiller les opposants politiques et la société civile. Il crée un réseau bien structuré pour mener à bien ses actions et recrute notamment Nzakwali, animateur de l'émission de télévision dénommée « Le Blizzard » qui s'était imposé dans le monde des médias congolais, à la fin de l'ère du parti unique grâce à son courage. Le succès, la grandeur et le profit facile conduiront ce dernier à la dépravation et au Sida.

José Maria Eça de Queirós (1845-1900) was a Portuguese author in the realist style, whose work has been translated into 20 languages. The Count of Abranhos was published posthumously, and this is the first time it has been translated into English. Alípio Severo Abranhos, born to poor parents in a small town in the north of Portugal, goes off to spend his boyhood and adolescence with an aunt whose material well-being constitutes, for him, the lap of luxury. And he likes and becomes accustomed to luxury. As he follows a course of study for his bacharel at the University of Coimbra, certain negative character traits come to the fore, and upon completion of his degree he leaves behind a pregnant maid to take up residence in Lisbon. In the capital, he calculates—as a young man with neither position, nor fortune, nor social standing—how to get ahead in life. And the path is through marriage to a young woman of social status and promise of a sizable dowry, both of which can facilitate his rise in politics and government. Alípio's weapons, his means, are various modes of hypocrisy—social hypocrisy, religious hypocrisy, filial hypocrisy, and political hypocrisy, with dishonesty, cowardice, and a farcical duel thrown in for good measure. Eça, like all accomplished novelists, does not tell us what Alípio becomes, rather he lets us see what he becomes, for with his unerring sense of satire, of character portrayal, and plot movement he lets the Count of Abranhos, with his steps and missteps, inform us himself of what he becomes. And with his actions, Alípio Severo Abranhos emerges as the personification, the very epitome, of the grim state of politics in nineteenth-century Portugal, a state engendered by the dogged pursuit of power. And through the obsequious eyes of Alípio's biographer and the sycophantic hangers-on who wish to glory in his orbit, readers have a clear picture of the “great” man—a type who exhibits universal characteristics not confined to Eça de Queirós's native country, nor to his time.

Benjamin Disraeli was a British politician who twice served as the Prime Minister and also became the Earl of Beaconsfield. Disraeli is noted for being influential as a politician and as a novelist. This edition of Vivian Grey includes a table of contents.

From the author of Stolen Encounters with the Duchess. “Beautifully written, touching... one of the strongest historical romances I've read recently.” —All About Romance“Duty can also be pleasure, Lady Alyssa...”When politician Benedict Tawny set out to save Lady Alyssa from a nefarious plot, he never expected to find himself trapped in a compromising situation with the alluring lady. Now duty demands he propose... and claim her as his bride!Tainted by his illegitimacy, Ben knows he can't give Alyssa the life of luxury she deserves. But if he can convince her to succumb to the undeniable heat between them, their convenient marriage might just lead to the love of a lifetime.“I love the Hadley's Hellion series! While this is a traditional Regency romance, there are several dark themes explored which gives the story added depth and gives the characters more room to develop.” —The Book Review

From the renowned author of The African Trilogy, a political satire about an unnamed African country navigating a path between violence and corruption As Minister for Culture, former school teacher M. A. Nanga is a man of the people, as cynical as he is charming, and a roguish opportunist. When Odili, an idealistic young teacher, visits his former instructor at the ministry, the division between them is vast. But in the eat-and-let-eat atmosphere, Odili's idealism soon collides with his lusts—and the two men's personal and political tauntings threaten to send their country into chaos. When Odili launches a vicious campaign against his former mentor for the same seat in an election, their mutual animosity drives the country to revolution. Published, prophetically, just days before Nigeria's first attempted coup in 1966, A Man of the People is an essential part of Achebe's body of work.

A washed-up minor league pitcher gets more than he bargained for when his affair with an older woman draws him into a tangled web of deceit and scandal When Cape Cod high school star pitcher David Greene left home, everyone in his small beach town rallied behind his dream of making it in the pros. No one expected the local legend to return broke a few years later, with an undistinguished minor league record and a painful divorce behind him. As he tries to rebuild his life, David begins an affair with Judith Silver—one that her much older, terminally ill husband, Gordon, condones on the condition that David run for a seat on the town's board of selectman against Gordon's political rival. Set in a lushly drawn seaside resort town, this thrilling novel pushes its complicated and fascinating characters to extremes of emotion. Driven by passion and a lust for power, David, Judith, and Gordon are all guilty of seduction and manipulation that will result in irrevocable consequences. As David's romantic and political involvements escalate at a fever pitch, a forceful storm rolls in off the ocean, leading up to a tumultuous climax.

A beautiful reporter helps a sexy senator evade a deadly assassin in this thrilling romantic suspense novel.TV reporter Carly Edwards has the scoop of a century! She's discovered that Senator Shane Jones is hiding a life-altering medical diagnosis. But the closer she gets to her subject, the more she's drawn to the courageous—and undeniably gorgeous—man behind the headline. And when Shane saves her life from a killer, Carly realizes there's much more to the story... and to him.A politician and a media personality are a recipe for romantic disaster. The last thing Shane wants is to endanger Carly. But how can he prevent her from getting close when the very air between them sizzles? As their lives are threatened, Shane realizes Carly's the one woman he wants forever—if he can keep them both safe!

A political satire that reimagines George Wallace's last run for governor of AlabamaIt's the summer of George Wallace's last run for governor of Alabama in 1982, and the state is at a crossroads. In Katherine Clark's All the Governor's Men, a political comedy of manners that reimagines Wallace's last campaign, voters face a clear choice between the infamous segregationist, now a crippled old man in a wheelchair, and his primary opponent, Aaron Osgood, a progressive young candidate poised to liberate the state from its George Wallace-poisoned past. Daniel Dobbs, a twenty one-year-old Harvard graduate and South Alabama native, is one of many young people who have joined the campaign representing hope and change for a downtrodden Alabama. A political animal himself, Daniel possesses so much charm and charisma that he was nicknamed'the Governor'in college. Nowhe is engaged in the struggle to conquer once and for all the malignant man Alabamians have traditionally called'the Governor.'This historic election isn't the only thing Daniel wants to win. During his senior year, he fell in love with a freshman girl from Mountain Brook, the'Tiny Kingdom'of wealth and privilege, a world apart from his own Alabama origins. A small-town country boy, Daniel desperately wants to gain the favor of his girlfriend's family along with her mentor, the larger-than-life English teacher Norman Laney. Daniel also wants to keep one or two ex-girlfriends firmly out of the picture. In the course of his summer, he must untangle his complicated personal life, satisfy the middle-class dreams of his parents for their Harvard-educated son, decide whether to enter law school or launch his own political career, and, incidentally, help his candidate defeat George Wallace, in a close and increasingly dirty race. All the Governor's Men is a darkly comic look at both the political process in general and a significant political chapter in Alabama history. This second novel in Katherine Clark's Mountain Brook series depicts the social and political landscape of an Alabama world that is at once a place like no other and at the same time, a place like all others.

An adventurous Irishman sets out to find his fortune among proper English society in this classic novel from Anthony Trollope. Sent to London to become a lawyer, young Phineas Finn proves himself to be a disappointing student but truly gifted in the ways of charm, culture, and fine appearance. It is the discovery of these talents that ultimately leads him to what he believes is his true calling: English Parliament. Through sheer luck and pluck, dashing, innocent Phineas is able to win a seat on the bench, but the real journey begins as he tours the labyrinthine halls of those who hold sway over their fellow men—and the practical and romantic quandaries he must navigate if he is to advance himself. Finding both victory and defeat, love and loneliness, the path Phineas strides is one of confidence and humanity as he seeks to fulfill his wants and desires while holding true to his convictions both in his own life and in the ever-changing arena of political expediency. In Phineas Finn, Anthony Trollope invites readers to follow an irrepressible, good-minded protagonist in a comical, exciting, heartbreaking tale that resonates as much today as it did upon its first publication. Phineas Finn is the 2nd book in the Palliser Novels, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

The final book in the Internationally Bestselling trilogy that inspired the hit Netflix series House of Cards.Months from taking his place as the longest-serving Prime Minister this century, Francis Urquhart's country is tiring of him. But he's not about to be driven from office. If the public demands new blood, that is precisely what he will give them...This is a different Francis Urquhart – more vulnerable, more loving, and more ruthless than ever. He will risk everything, but one thing is certain: whatever the outcome of this, his greatest gamble, the name of Francis Urquhart will never be forgotten.Finishing the dark tale of greed, corruption, and unquenchable ambition, The Final Cut reveals that no matter the country, politics, intrigue and passion reign in the corridors of power. An explosive political thriller, fans of Vince Flynn, David Baldacci and Robert Ludlum will enjoy this stunning conclusion to Dobb's trilogy.As a former advisor to Margaret Thatcher, Conservative Party Chief of Staff, and now peer of the realm and Conservative member of the House of Lords, Baron Michael Dobbs provides an insider look at the twists and turns of British politics.Other books in the House of Cards series:House of Cards, Book 1 – The dark, twisting schemes of a politician determined to succeedTo Play The King, Book 2 – Newly elected Prime Minister plots to take on the Monarchy to grab even more powerThe Final Cut, Book 3 – The perfect finale to this twisted trilogy, Urquhart refuses to close his career quietlyWhat readers are saying about House of Cards:'If you enjoy political intrigue, murder, and a truly loathsome character you will greatly enjoy this final installment by Dobbs.''Great book highly recommend if you are currently viewing House of Cards.''Francis Urquhart is on a par with RIchard III as a baddie of literature. And yet Dobbs has us cheering from him at every turn.''Dobbs ties off the House of Cards series with a bang and pens, perhaps, his best novel of the trilogy.''Francis Urquhart at his finest, the ultimate chess game against the world.''the sharpest, smartest, and most intelligent writing I have read.''A superb ending to the series!'What reviewers are saying about House of Cards:'A triumphant return...the best book of the three. The action is unflagging, the characterization razor-sharp, the satirical barbs at politics and politicians unfailingly accurate. What a brilliant creation F.U. is.'—Sunday Telegraph'Razor-sharp and merciless...One thing is certain: F.U. will be remembered for much longer than many a real Prime Minister.'- Daily Mail'Thoroughly entertaining. Urquhart is a joy, and the wonderful games he plays have lost none of their attraction.'- The TimesWhat everyone is saying about the House of Cards books:'This blood and thunder tale, lifelike and thoroughly cynical, certainly carries the ring of authenticity....a great triumph.'— The Independent'…a political thriller writer with a marvellous inside track knowledge of government.'- Daily Express'If you are a fan of the modern TV series than you should definitely pick up these books.''Michael Dobbs has an uncanny knack of forecasting the future. A fascinating read and a conclusion that would send a chill through Buckingham Palace.'- Sunday Express

A young woman in New York is caught between her politician father and a manipulative lover in a novel that offers “sheer enjoyment” (Library Journal). Jonathan Fleishman has always been perceived as the rarest kind of politician: as idealistic as he was powerful, genuinely committed to the good of the people. For Jonathan, public approbation is the oxygen he breathes; so it is deeply galling that the one person who refuses to see his worth is his own beloved daughter, Grace. When his spotless record is challenged by accusations of corruption leveled by Gracie's lover, a ruthless young journalist named Barnaby, Jonathan's good life is abruptly shattered. And Grace, faced with the betrayal of a lover who used her to get at her father, comes to realize that neither man is what he seems, even to himself. Saving Grace is an intricately textured book, a portrayal of a family in crisis and an exploration of the intersection between public and private lives. Library Journal called Saving Grace the book that “Bonfire of the Vanities tried to be.”

Human remains are discovered in a remote Montana valley. Within weeks three men must make life and death decisions. Scottie Jamieson, recently nominated as a candidate for the presidency – should he remain true to his faith principles at the possible cost of the campaign or save the campaign by an aggressive campaign of lies? Jack Stockton, retired military sniper – should he assassinate Scottie out of revenge or honor his dead son's wishes and let Scottie live? Mike Garrett, Scottie's friend, campaign strategist, and fanatical believer in their platform – should he sacrifice Scottie in order to protect the campaign or watch Scottie's obsession with the truth destroy it?

Henry Coningsby is the orphaned grandson of a wealthy Marquess. While at Eton he befriends Oswald whose father is an enemy of the Marquess. The older men represent old and new money is society. Coningsby begins to develop liberal political views, so his grandfather secretly disinherits him. Coningsby is then forced to work for a living.

A missing politician sucks Drum into the three-ring circus of Cold War GermanyOn the eve of becoming a vice-presidential candidate, Fred Severing vanishes in Germany, where he made his name twelve years earlier during the madness that followed World War II. To find the American, his party hires globe-trotting private detective Chester Drum, and it isn't long before Drum's investigation lands him in the Rhine River along with an elderly war criminal. Drum is meeting with Wilhelm Rust, a mid-level ex-Nazi, when Communist spies storm their boat. Drum jumps into the river, taking Rust with him, and inadvertently saves the ex-Nazi's life. His investigation may be all wet, but Drum isn't one to quit. Finding Severing will mean lying to West Germans, East Germans, and Nazis, and perfecting the triple-cross that is the favorite pastime of European Cold Warriors.

A mysterious oriental man known only as'the Beetle'terrorises london with his unearthly powers of hypnosis and shape-shifting. Written by British author Richard Bernard Heldmann under the pseudonym of Richard Marsh, this book was published in the same year as'Dracula', and was initially more successful than Bram Stoker's now more famous work. Like Dracula, and other books of the time such as Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu novels, this was also of the'sensation novel'genre, building up the suspense surrounding a mysterious villain by narrating the story from several viewpoints.

Una novela ácida sobre los mecanismos que someten a todo un país a la violencia y la corrupción institucional. Odili, un maestro de escuela, visita a quien había sido su profesor, el jefe Nanga, convertido ahora en el todopoderoso y corrupto ministro de Cultura. La riqueza y el prestigio de Nanga seducen a la novia de Odili; para vengarse, este empieza a insinuarse a la prometida de Nanga y se involucra en la formación de un partido opositor. Tras el triunfo de un golpe de Estado militar, Nanga caerá en desgracia y Odili se convertirá en el nuevo, todopoderoso y corrupto ministro. Reseña: «Muchos de nosotros vivimos, o hemos vivido, bajo regímenes cuya moralidad nadie ha descrito mejor que Chinua Achebe en su novela Un hombre del pueblo.» Nadine Gordimer

A tragicomic novel of a father and son coping with China's Cultural Revolution, from “a true literary talent” (Anchee Min, author of Empress Orchid). Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize In a peaceful village, it has been officially proven that Ku is not, as was once believed, the son of a revolutionary martyr, but the issue of a river pirate and a prostitute. Mocked by his neighbors, Ku leaves the shore for a new life among the boat people. But refusing to renounce his high status, he—along with his teenage son—keeps his distance from the gossipy lowlifes who surround him. Then one day a feral girl, Huixian, arrives looking for her mother. The boat people, and especially Ku's son, take her into their hearts. But Huixian sows conflict wherever she goes, and soon the boy is in the grip of an obsession. Raw, emotional, and unerringly funny, this is a story of a people caught in the stranglehold not only of their own desires and needs, but also of a Party that sees everything and forgives nothing.

A congressional candidate's campaign threatens to unravel when he becomes consumed by an obsession with his dead lover in this masterful novel from bestselling author Scott Spencer Aspiring politician Fielding Pierce and social activist Sarah Williams are madly in love. But while both are passionate liberals, their very different approaches to their beliefs result in a rollercoaster relationship. Nevertheless, when Sarah is killed in a terrorist attack during a mission to help Chilean refugees, Fielding is devastated and engrosses himself in his political ambitions. Years later, on the verge of election to the U.S. Congress, Fielding becomes haunted by Sarah's memory, causing him to call into question not only his ideals but also his sanity. Told with heartbreaking intensity, Waking the Dead is a profound examination of love and loss. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Scott Spencer, including rare photos from the author's personal collection.

From the National Book Award–winning author comes a highly charged, stunningly original work of fiction—a passionate response to the changes shaping our country today. In nine fictional testimonies, men and women who have resisted the mainstream and who are now suddenly “parties of interest” to the government tell their stories. A young woman in Buenos Aires watches bitterly as her family dissolves in betrayal and illness, but chooses to seek a new understanding of compassion rather than revenge. A carpenter traveling in India changes his life when he explodes in an act of violence out of proportion to its cause. The beginning of the end of a man's lifelong search for coherence is sparked by a Montana grizzly. A man blinded in the war in Vietnam wrestles with the implications of his actions as a soldier—and with innocence, both lost and regained.Punctuated with haunting images by acclaimed artist Alan Magee, Resistance is powerful fiction with enormous significance for our times.

Original ed., published in 1891, written under Mary Noailles Murfree's pseudonym of Charles Egbert Craddock.

At once a political adventure, a portrait of a passionate but imperiled marriage, and an acrobatic novel of ideas from the National Book Award-winning author of Mating.'An astonishing accomplishment... [A] detonation of talent that threatens to incinerate competitors for miles around.” —The Christian Science MonitorMortals marks Norman Rush's return to the territory he has made his own, the southern African nation of Botswana. Nobody here is entirely what he claims to be. Ray Finch is not just a middle-aged Milton scholar but a CIA agent. His lovely and doted-upon wife Iris is also a possible adulteress. And Davis Morel, the black alternative physician who is treating her--while undertaking a quixotic campaign to de-Christianize Africa—may also be her lover. As a spy, the compulsively literate Ray ought to have no trouble confirming his suspicions. But there's the distraction of actual spying. Most of all, there's the problem of love, which Norman Rush anatomizes in all its hopeless splendor in a novel that would have delighted Milton, Nabokov, and Graham Greene.

A New York Times Notable BookA Washington Post, Los Angeles times, and San Jose Mercury News Best Book of the YearHa Jin's seismically powerful new novel is at once an unblinking look into the bell jar of communist Chinese society and a portrait of the eternal compromises and deceptions of the human state. When the venerable professor Yang, a teacher of literature at a provincial university, has a stroke, his student Jian Wan is assigned to care for him. Since the dutiful Jian plans to marry his mentor's beautiful, icy daughter, the job requires delicacy. Just how much delicacy becomes clear when Yang begins to rave.Are these just the outpourings of a broken mind, or is Yang speaking the truth—about his family, his colleagues, and his life's work? And will bearing witness to the truth end up breaking poor Jian's heart? Combining warmth and intimacy with an unsparing social vision, The Crazed is Ha Jin's most enthralling book to date.

From the pages of The Forward comes celebrated author Anne Roiphe's episodic and brilliant novel of a big-city mayor and the struggles that shape the fortunes of his city, the life of his family, and the condition of his soul. Mel Rosenberg is the mayor of a city uncannily similar to New York, which is being terrorized by a string of unusual attacks. Hundreds of ducks are found dead in the park; animals mysteriously die at the zoo; dozens of people are killed by poisoned food; all of the elevator operators in one building are murdered; and the mayor is kidnapped. In addition to handling the city's multiple crises, Mel must also contend with the pressures of his imperfect family—a daughter-in-law who is a compulsive shoplifter; an ungrateful son obsessed with status; an insecure daughter with a troubled marriage—not to mention a sexy, aggressive newspaper reporter who aims desperately to be his mistress. On top of it all, he becomes entangled in a high-profile political scandal that could ambush his aspirations of being elected the first Jewish president of the United States.With Secrets of the City, Anne Roiphe has delivered a fast-paced, engaging story written with humor, shrewd insight, and tenderness. Her characters explore issues that are as contemporary as they are timeless, and the plot has as many unexpected twists and turns as the West Village streets. This is an insider's peek at life in the fast lane in the most brilliant and brutal city in the world, with all its secrets laid bare.From the Hardcover edition.

From the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Enigma of Arrival comes a profound novel of cultural displacement, masterfully evoking a colonial man's experience in a postcolonial world.“No one else … seems able to employ prose fiction so deeply as the very voice of exile.” —The New York Review of BooksBorn of Indian heritage and raised on a British-dependent Caribbean island, Ralph Singh has retired to suburban London, writing his memoirs as a means to impose order on a chaotic existence. His memories lead him to recognize the paradox of his childhood during which he secretly fantasized about a heroic India, yet changed his name from Ranjit Kripalsingh. As he assesses his short-lived marriage to an ostentatious white woman, Singh realizes what has kept him from becoming a proper Englishman. But it is the return home and his subsequent immersion in the roiling political atmosphere of a newly self-governed nation that ultimately provide Singh with the necessary insight to discover the crux of his disillusionment.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this classic book is generally regarded as the finest novel ever written on American politics. It describes the career of Willie Stark, a back-country lawyer whose idealism is overcome by his lust for power.

James Owen Hannay, the Irish clergyman who wrote under the pseudonym'George A. Birmingham,'began his literary career with a novel that addressed sensitive political matters in a serious manner. After that approach landed him in hot water in his native Ireland, Hannay adopted a new approach: he continued to talk about important issues, but in a humorous, lighthearted way. In Gossamer, Hannay mercilessly skewers the flimflammery of international finance in a satirical send-up that The New York Times'critic described as'brilliantly entertaining.'

Enquête dans le monde politique du quartier de la Vieille-Ville à GenèveAu lendemain de son élection au gouvernement genevois, Georges Bertin est retrouvé pendu à un arbre de la Treille, sous les fenêtres de l'Exécutif genevois. La stupeur fait place aux soupçons : ils sont nombreux, celles et ceux qui pouvaient en vouloir à Bertin. L'opposition irait-elle jusque-là pour récupérer une parcelle de pouvoir? Le mépris de Bertin pour ses confrères avocats serait-il à l'origine du drame? Sa jeunesse dans la Vieille-Ville des années 50 ne cache-t-elle pas un terrible secret? Le commissaire Simon mène l'enquête entre avocature et politique, dans un monde genevois où une certaine pudeur calviniste cache bien des travers...Découvrez le premier roman policier de Corinne Jaquet et plongez dans une intrigue passionnante au cœur des jeux de pouvoir!EXTRAITGeorges Bertin pouvait bien rire en gravissant la Treille, ce serait la dernière fois.Il avait attendu assez longtemps pour le faire payer. Enfin. Il regardait le nouveau Conseiller d'État monter vers son destin avec cette décontraction qu'il haïssait depuis tant d'années. Bertin avait toujours été beau, avait toujours plu aux femmes, il avait eu toutes celles qu'il voulait, tandis que lui…Dans quelques minutes, son orgueil allait être rabattu à tout jamais. N'ayant rien pu faire contre sa candidature, et encore moins contre son élection, il avait choisi d'attendre que l'homme soit au faîte de la gloire pour l'abattre. Comme pour percer une baudruche gonflée à bloc, pour faire vraiment du bruit et salir le plus possible.Les feuilles crissaient sous les pas de la proie avançant vers son chasseur.CE QU'EN PENSE LA CRITIQUEUne intrigue de qualité, une description à la fois du monde politique suisse et du métier de journaliste d'investigation. [...] Tout concourt à faire de ce roman à l'ancienne, un très agréable moment de lecture. - Blog Eireann YvonÀ PROPOS DE L'AUTEURPolitologue de formation, Corinne Jaquet est un pur produit genevois! Responsable pendant plusieurs années de la rubrique judiciaire du défunt journal La Suisse, elle y rédige ses premières chroniques d'histoire criminelle. L'écriture est entrée dans sa vie en 1990, et depuis elle a publié plus d'une vingtaine d'ouvrages, allant de l'histoire judiciaire et policière aux livres pour la jeunesse, en passant par le roman policier.Le Pendu de la Treille est le premier titre d'une série sur les quartiers genevois qui a connu un grand succè à Genève et dans toute la Suisse romande.

With a pajama-clad President Reagan refusing to leave the White House on his successor's Inauguration Day, Buckley has given this farce of Oval Office politics a nearly perfect beginning. Parodying the familiar form of the White House memoir, Buckley recounts the turbulent years of the Democratic Tucker administration, as told by loyalist Herbert Wadlough. Through this former accountant's eyes, we see the infighting that plagues the White House, the President's faltering marriage to a former starlet, and his ongoing crises.