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A Washington Novel
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October 2006
On Sale: October 12, 2006
Featuring: Peter Cutler; Wayne Kent
247 pages
ISBN: 1586482262
EAN: 9781586482268
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Peter Cutler is a respected Princeton professor living a
quiet academic life when an old college friend makes him an
offer he can't refuse: The position of foreign policy
advisor for Democratic presidential candidate Wayne Kent.
Cutler takes the job and eagerly jumps into the political
fray. When Kent wins the election, Cutler is thrilled to
find himself Under-Secretary of State. But he soon discovers
that the power politics of Washington are a far cry from the
comforts of university life. In order to survive, he must
participate in a ruthless tug of war in which everyone
struggles to promote his own agenda. As Cutler becomes
increasingly absorbed in the underhanded tactics of
bureaucratic survival and the charms of an old girlfriend
working in the Pentagon, his initial foreign policy goals
recede into the background. Ultimately, the allure and
hypocrisy of political life cause him to alienate everyone
he cares about- and to make one life-altering political
miscalculation
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