The Columnist
Format: Glassbook Format
At a cocktail party, former President Bush tells the fictional Brandon Sladder that his memoirs could add more than "just a footnote to a chronicle of our time". After all, Sladder has witnessed enormous change; he has known just about everyone. For forty years -- in television studios, in Virginia horse country, at terrifying dinner parties -- he has exchanged views with famous and important people. But he's never written about himself. The Columnist is Sladder's less-than-reliable narrative of his personal history, and in his account, he seems startlingly unaware of his pomposity, social-climbing, ambition, and startling mistakes in judgment. The result is a ribald memoir of betrayal, seduction, scandal, and, ultimately, a dim but painful recognition of failure as Sladder's life marches towards a brilliant calamity. Jeffrey Frank has created a wonderfully sophisticated and memorable character in Brandon Sladder and has also delivered, with perfect pitch, an elegant and very funny portrait that summarizes and comments on the world of media and politics. The Columnist is likely to be one of the most talked about books of the year.
$22.00 (USD)
The Columnist
Format: Microsoft Desktop Reader
At a cocktail party, former President Bush tells the fictional Brandon Sladder that his memoirs could add more than "just a footnote to a chronicle of our time". After all, Sladder has witnessed enormous change; he has known just about everyone. For forty years -- in television studios, in Virginia horse country, at terrifying dinner parties -- he has exchanged views with famous and important people. But he's never written about himself. The Columnist is Sladder's less-than-reliable narrative of his personal history, and in his account, he seems startlingly unaware of his pomposity, social-climbing, ambition, and startling mistakes in judgment. The result is a ribald memoir of betrayal, seduction, scandal, and, ultimately, a dim but painful recognition of failure as Sladder's life marches towards a brilliant calamity. Jeffrey Frank has created a wonderfully sophisticated and memorable character in Brandon Sladder and has also delivered, with perfect pitch, an elegant and very funny portrait that summarizes and comments on the world of media and politics. The Columnist is likely to be one of the most talked about books of the year.
$22.00 (USD)