| The Woody Contributor(s): Lefcourt, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0671038559 ISBN-13: 9780671038557 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: Senator Woody White is being blackmailed by his wife, sued by his ex-wife, shaken down by a Vermont maple syrup kingpin, terrorized by his neo-fascist housekeeper, and dragged into litigation by Trent Lott over a fender bender in the Senate parking garage. But when he is stricken with an ill-timed case of ED (Erectile Dysfunction), the desperate player faces his biggest campaign-killer of all -- and goes to hilarious extremes to keep himself in the running. In this brilliant comic romp through the spin-filled world of sexual politics, Peter Lefcourt holds a perfectly cracked mirror to Washington's outrageous goings-on, and asks the most pertinent question of our scandal-ridden times: How hard does a politician have to be? |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Political |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 5.57" W x 8.53" (1.01 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Washington, D.C. - Geographic Orientation - District of Columbia - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
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| Publisher Description: Senator Woody White is being blackmailed by his wife, sued by his ex-wife, shaken down by a Vermont maple syrup kingpin, terrorized by his neo-fascist housekeeper, and dragged into litigation over a fender bender in the Senate parking garage. But when he is stricken with an ill-timed case of ED (Erectile Dysfunction), the desperate player faces his biggest campaign killer of all and goes to hilarious extremes to keep himself in the running. Peter Lefcourt holds a perfectly cracked mirror to the spin-filled world of Washington's sexual politics and asks a penetrating question: How hard does a politician have to be? |
Contributor Bio(s): Lefcourt, Peter: - Peter Lefcourt is the author of six previous novels: Eleven Karens, The Woody, Abbreviating Ernie, Di and I, The Dreyfus Affair and The Deal. He is also an award-winning writer for film and television. He lives in Los Angeles. |