Primary Colors

Anonymous

ISBN 10: 0788706098 ISBN 13: 9780788706097

Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc., 1996

Synopsis

The best politcal novel of the year by a landslide, Primary Colors is the riveting story of a governor-from-a-small-state's quest for the presidency, and a jaded Beltway insider's search for a leader to believe in. Spending nearly a year on the New York Times best-seller list, this blockbuster novel has sold well over one million copies. Primary Colors offers a richly detailed look at life on the political stump. As former congressional aide Henry Burton is dazzled and lured into presidential hopeful Jack Stanton's fledgling campaign, he becomes a cog in Stanton's unstoppable political machine. Burton illuminates-through his actions and observations-the sometimes seamy, sometimes steamy and sometimes surprisingly noble ascent to the presidency. Filled with spin doctors, power brokers, and loyal followers, this story of a presidential race spans the spectrum from bedroom farce to high moral drama. Narrated with commanding presence by Peter Francis James, Primary Colors paints such an authentic picture of national politics that it's become the most talked-about novel of the political season.

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Even though President Clinton's campaign for reelection is now history, this lightly veiled, controversial novel parodying election politics by journalist Joe Klein continues to entertain because it is so well done. Critics have likened Primary Colors to a 1990s version of Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning All the King's Men. Henry Burton, the cynical, mixed-race media organizer tells the inside story of the Stanton campaign for the U.S. presidency. Of all the campaign strategy elements dramatized, particular emphasis is given to the power of the modern media. Peter Francis James uses a wonderful repertoire of voices to read the realistic but often sarcastic dialog that characterizes the novel's colorful cast. Recommended for all popular collections.?Sandy Glover, West Linn P.L., Ore.
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So this is what they sound like when reporters and photographers aren't around! The triumph of Primary Colors is that it makes readers feel they have an inside seat at a contemporary presidential campaign, whose candidate is strikingly reminiscent of the current occupant of the White House. And James's performance is a perfect complement. He richly inhabits the fascinating, driven characters who are determined to make Jack Stanton, governor of a small Southern state, the next president. M.O. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Edition details

• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0788706098
• ISBN 13: 9780788706097
• Binding: Audio Cassette