Wag the Dog
Subtitle: A Novel
Edition: Second Edition edition
Publisher: Nation Books
Published: November 29, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781560256632
Subjects: Movie-TV Tie-In - General; Fiction - General; Baker, James Addison,; Fiction; Political; Humorous; Fiction / Political; Atwater, Lee; 1924-; 1930-; Bush, George,
First sentence: HE BELIEVED THAT he was Machiavelli incarnate.
Description: Once upon a time there ws a mean, dying GOP chairman who had a brilliant scheme to ensure that his man would retain the office of president of the United States of America. But the only man who could pull off this elaborate plan was a certain celebrated Hollywood director. Add to the mix a left-coast gumshoe named Broz who is trapped between cover-ups, undercover work, and his own mortality, a cast of bicoastal desperate characters, and the stage is set for a powerful D.C./L.A. production.