Is Buckley the Greatest living writer?!!
Comments: Reading this book is literally stunning. If there were any justice, the hacks ought to abandon their work (or at least rewrite it through a few times) before they sling it out the door- looking at James Patterson and Dan Brown. The prose on e page is so carefully wrought it is amazing. He captures characters, organizations and Washington dynamics with such economy, with such perfect on-the-nose phrasing it, it really is amazing. Put your finger down on any page and you will find excellence. This is the league of Wodehouse and Waugh. The book is both amusing and enteraining and worth the purchase because the reread value will be high, however I’ll be damned if you do not come away with the feeling of resentment at other popular authors who’s poor craftsmanship is so clearly shown up by Buckley. “Banion took the call. ‘Jack!!’ Bill Stimple was the Ur-corporate relations man. Each greeting began with an exclaimation mark. When the Grim Reeper came for Bill he’d probably bray, ‘D
