The White House Mess

by Buckley, Christopher (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780140249286
• ISBN10: 0140249281
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-05-01
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

Summary

An uproarious comedy about a presidential administration totally off the rails. This fictional political memoir by the Personal Assistant to President Tucker, Herbert Wadlough, offers a unique, utterly self-serving inside view of the ill-fated Tucker administration, 1989-1993. "A brilliant satire . . . A witty, very funny, intricate spoof".--Bob Woodward.

Table of Contents

Prologue	xiii
BOOK ONE HONEYMOON	1	(36)
In the Oval	3	(7)
The Staff	10	(7)
First Family	17	(6)
Open Door	23	(7)
Citadel	30	(7)
BOOK TWO FIRST FLUSH OF POWER	37	(16)
Assignment: Havana	39	(5)
Leslie	44	(5)
24 North, 82 West, Hike	49	(4)
BOOK THREE MID-TERM BLUES	53	(46)
Mornings After	55	(5)
The Muffin Incident	60	(3)
Lost Access	63	(7)
In the Pits of Power	70	(7)
Days of Rage	77	(6)
Flotus Blossom	83	(7)
First Friends	90	(9)
BOOK FOUR DISARRAY	99	(58)
Peacock and Petunia	101	(6)
Slings and Arrows	107	(6)
Peace Breaks Out	113	(4)
Cakewalk	117	(7)
Edward VIII	124	(6)
Treasure Hunt	130	(7)
The Hunt for Theodore	137	(8)
Takedown	145	(7)
Strategic Apperance Limitation Talks	152	(5)
BOOK FIVE PITFALLS	157	(22)
Injury	159	(8)
Rest and Respite	167	(4)
Samaritan	171	(8)
BOOK SIX CRISIS	179	(44)
We Have a Situation	181	(8)
GB-322	189	(8)
Estimations of Mortality	197	(5)
Desperate Molar	202	(4)
Urgent Laundry	206	(8)
America Goes to War	214	(9)
Epilogue	223	(4)
Acknowledgments	227