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This town : two parties and a funeral--plus plenty of valet parking!--in America's gilded capital / Mark Leibovich.

by Leibovich, Mark.

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Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., [2013]

Political culture -- Washington (D.C.)

Politicians -- United States -- Washington (D.C.)

United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.

9780399161308 (hc.)

0399161309 (hc.)

386 pages ; 24 cm.

"Washington might be loathed from every corner of the United States, yet these are fun and busy days at this nexus of big politics, big money, big media, and big vanity. There are no Democrats and Republicans anymore in the nation's capital, just millionaires. That is the grubby secret of the place in the twenty-first century. You will always have lunch in This Town again. No matter how many elections you lose, apologies you make, or scandals you endure. Mark Leibovich, chief national correspondent for The New York Times Magazine, presents a blistering, stunning--and often hysterically funny--examination of our ruling class's incestuous "media industrial complex." Through his eyes, we discover how the funeral for a beloved newsman becomes the social event of the year. How political reporters are fetishized for their ability to get their names into the predawn e-mail sent out by the city's most powerful and puzzled-over journalist. How a disgraced Hill aide can overcome ignominy and maybe emerge with a more potent "brand" than many elected members of Congress. And how an administration bent on "changing Washington" can be sucked into the ways of This Town with the same ease with which Tea Party insurgents can, once elected, settle into it like a warm bath"--Provided by publisher.

"A book about contemporary political culture in Washington, DC"--Provided by publisher.

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