TY  - BOOK
AU  - Frank,Jeffrey
TI  - Bad publicity: a novel 
SN  - 9780743247801 (paperbacks)
AV  - PS 3556 F828b 2004
U1  - 813/.54 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Election
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Presidentes
KW  - Elecciones
KW  - Ficción
KW  - Political campaigns
KW  - Campañas políticas
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
N2  - In the twilight of the Reagan era, as prospects appear brighter than ever for a Democratic restoration, the lawyers, lobbyists, advisers and socialites of Washington are looking ahead -- but over their shoulders, too. With good reason. Charlie Dingleman, a former congressman, has gotten a tantalizing job offer that could rescue him from the drudgery of lawyering. But he's being shadowed by an increasingly unsavory rumor started by Judith Grust, a young associate at Charlie's firm. Judith has a few dark secrets of her own, like one she shares with Hank Morriday, a lazy, shiftless welfare policy expert. That helps to drive Hank into the orbit of Candy Romulade, a P.R. executive paralyzed by a dwindling client list. Then Candy signs up a veteran local anchorman, who has a very peculiar view of the world. As these men and women collide in a lusty, mad scramble, their savage ambitions and reversals of fortune test the idea that there's no such thing as bad publicity. The result, Bad Publicity, is a pitch-perfect, often poignant novel in the classic Swiftian mold
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