description: Michael Lind is a Washington insider who in 1994 famously announced in clarion tones his conversion from conservative to liberal, promptly becoming an accomplished polemicist against the agenda of the right. His last book was a serious work of political analysis; now he follows with a novel satirizing the inside-the-beltway world he knows so well. Lind's title is somewhat ironic, for his characters are in the lower echelons of the capitol's hierarchy: Stef Schonfeld is a journalist at a political monthly; Evander Johnson is a young black teenage gang wannabe; Ross Drummond is a gay Republican lobbyist. Lind's story has the ring of truth.
title: Powertown
titlecomplete: Powertown
ratings_count: 5
publisher: HarperTorch