{"product_id":"washington-dc-9780375708770","title":"Washington, D.C.","description":"With a New Introduction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c\/b\u003e, is the final installment in Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire, his acclaimed six-volume series of historical novels about the American past. It offers an illuminating portrait of our republic from the time of the New Deal to the McCar-thy era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWidely regarded as Vidal's ultimate comment on how the American political system degrades those who participate in it, \u003cb\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c\/b\u003e is a stunning tale of corruption and diseased ambitions. It traces the fortunes of James Burden Day, a powerful conservative senator who is eyeing the presidency; Clay Overbury, a pragmatic young congressional aide with political aspirations of his own; and Blaise Sanford, a ruthless newspaper tycoon who understands the importance of money and image in modern politics. With characteristic wit and insight, Vidal chronicles life in the nation's capital at a time when these men and others transformed America into \"possibly the last empire on earth.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c\/b\u003e may well be the finest of contemporary novels about the capital,\" said \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e deemed it \"a prodigiously skilled and clever performance.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375708770\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.26w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2004 pg. 1611\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gore Vidal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45351309541557,"sku":"9780375708770","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_fa8380f6-534b-480c-8d8e-5434e7a39664.jpg?v=1746540944","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/washington-dc-9780375708770","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}