Now, in a collection of profiles with the richness of short fiction, Williams limns the personalities that dominated politics and the media during the final years of the twentieth century. In these pages, Clark Clifford grieves "in his laborious baritone" a bank scandal's blow to his "re-pu-taaaaaay-shun." Lee Atwater likens himself to Ulysses and pleads, ""Tah me to the mast "" Patricia Duff sheds "precipitous tears" over her divorce from Ronald Perelman, resembling afterwards "a garden refreshed by spring rain."
"Reputation" illuminates our recent past through expertly drawn portraits of powerful-- and messily human--figures.
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Now, in a collection of profiles with the richness of short fiction, Williams limns the personalities that dominated politics and the media during the final years of the twentieth century. In these pages, Clark Clifford grieves "in his laborious baritone" a bank scandal's blow to his "re-pu-taaaaaay-shun." Lee Atwater likens himself to Ulysses and pleads, ""Tah me to the mast "" Patricia Duff sheds "precipitous tears" over her divorce from Ronald Perelman, resembling afterwards "a garden refreshed by spring rain."
"Reputation" illuminates our recent past through expertly drawn portraits of powerful-- and messily human--figures.
Imprint | PublicAffairs,U.S. |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | September 2008 |
Availability | Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available. |
First published | November 2008 |
Authors | Marjorie Williams, Timothy Noah |
Dimensions | 236 x 156 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 320 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-58648-679-2 |
Barcode | 9781586486792 |
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LSN | 1-58648-679-9 |