Not My Kind Of Town
This gossipy new book reminds me why
In spring when the trees in my New York neighborhood are
full of buds, I think of Washington where I went to high school. At my age I
get wistful for things and places from my youth. Each spring I tell myself I’d
rather be in DC.
After reading Mark Leibovich’s This Town, I won’t
waste time with such thoughts again.
It reminds you that the guys who ran for office in high
school (yours and mine) are the guys who run DC. The guys who made posters for
themselves. This book is all about them, with their insecurities and their
vanities. It’s full of good bad-stuff. Leibovich is the chief national correspondent
for the ‘New York Times Magazine’. The book is like a good magazine article
that lasts a nice long time.
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