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Washington, D.C: A Novel (Narratives of Empire).
COPY LINK URL ON DESCRIPTIONWith a New IntroductionWashington, D.C., is the finalinstallment in Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire,his acclaimedsix-volume series of historical novels about the American past.It offers an illuminating portrait of our republic from the time ofthe New Deal to the McCar-thy era.Widely regarded as Vidal'sultimate comment on how the American political systemdegrades those who participate in it, Washington, D.C. is astunning tale of corruption and diseased ambitions. It tracesthe fortunes of James Burden Day, a powerful conservativesenator who is eyeing the presidency Clay Overbury, apragmatic young congressional aide with political aspirationsof his own and Blaise Sanford, a ruthless newspaper tycoonwho understands the importance of money and image inmodern politics. With characteristic wit and insight, Vidalchronicles life in the nation's capital at a time when these menand others transformed America into possibly the last empireon earth.Washington, D.C. may well be the finest ofcontemporary novels about the capital, said The New Yorker,and the Times Literary Supplement deemed it a prodigiouslyskilled and clever performance.
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