About this title: In bestselling author Buckley's hilarious novel, the president of the United States, ticked off at the Senate for rejecting his nominees, decides to get even by nominating America's most popular TV judge to the Supreme Court.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Twelve
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780446579827ISBN:0446579823
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Twelve
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780446579827ISBN:0446579823
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Twelve
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780446697989ISBN:0446697982
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Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781600247910ISBN:1600247911
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Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Twelve
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780446579827ISBN:0446579823
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Twelve
Date Published: 2008-09-03
ISBN-13:9780446579827ISBN:0446579823
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Twelve
Date Published: 2008-09-03
ISBN-13:9780446541206ISBN:0446541206
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Publisher: Twelve
Date Published: 2008
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"In the novel, the US is governed by a wildly unpopular president. Not only is he unpopular with the people, he's even more unpopular with his own congress. (He vetoes all of their pork barrel projects.) As revenge, the senate subcommittee eviscerates every Supreme Court nominee he sends their way, no matter how honorable and qualified. It's painful to watch. At his wits end, in an attempt to nominate an untouchable, he nominates Pepper Cartwright, America's favorite television judge. Hilarity ensues! A great balance of humor and outlook on Washington. Though sometimes some things may not have been as funny as what may have been intended, there were so many high points where I was laughing that this is worth it to lighten up your day and also adds knowledge of Washington politics and the legal system. Nice combination and good work.
This is my first book by Buckley. It's a biting, very funny political satire. I will be reading more of Buckley's books in the future."
"Before I start talking about the book I have to admit my own ignorance. When I got this book from the library I didn't notice the author's name. As I got into the book I thought the political talk was extremely heavy handed. That is when I noticed the author's name and it made me think "Huh, wonder if it is any relation to that other Buckley?" Of course it is. And, well, it did not make the heavy handidness more enjoyable, but at least it explained it.
Every single character was an over the top cliche, but that's what you expect from a satirical novel. A long time supreme court justice dies and the sitting president is given the chance to fill the spot. After having all of his choices shot down by the egotistical leader of the judicial committee the president decides to go with a popular television judge.
I would have preferred the book if it had focused on getting this outlandish choice to sit on the court. Instead, that happens rather quickly and the after effects of her joining the court are the real meat of the plot. Quite frankly, this got boring rather quickly. It's a fun idea in abstract - crazy choice for supreme court that the public loves - that was not fleshed out nearly enough.
As negative as this review sounds there is a lot to like about this book. Even though the characters are ridiculous Buckley did a good job endearing them to us and want to read more about them. He also did a good job of mixing real world attitudes, ideas, and happenings into the satirical world he created.
While, I did enjoy reading the book I found the reviews of the "Could not stop laughing until I closed the book" to be overblown. The characters are amusing and they have some good lines. It's not the laugh out loud funny you get from Christopher Moore or for the far more geeky Terry Pratchett."
"Supreme... pulp? This book is purely for fun only; despite being a story about supreme court justices, presidents and TV executives. It could easily be a serious drama with all those characters, but this is far from serious.
Most of the book is easy to read, and fun to follow the plot lines. The twists and turns are fairly predictable and never too sharp or outrageous. There are some nice little bits though. My favorite was the supreme court justice who was black, and as a lawyer agreed to defend the KKK 'at cost'. He fought the case deligently, taking all the way up to the state supreme court, eventually ruining the KKK branch in the process. Brilliant! My other favorite part was the president running for re-election under the campaign slogan "More of the same!".
Again, this was an audio book for me, being read by Anne Heche. She does a remarkably good job. Having listened to books read by actors and books read by authors, you generally want it read by an actor (unless it is autobiographical).
My only real disappointment with the book was the supreme LACK of romance. The title contains the word "courtship"... but the book's version of courtship goes something like: Hi there. Hi. Gee, that was awkward... how about we hook up in the next scene for no explainable reason? Ok. Sweet. Let's not talk about this anymore. Ok. That's about it.
I also wanted a bit more interaction between some of the characters I liked. Oh well. It's a fluffy book, with lots of good modern references to Blackberry's and Google. Nothing to write home about."
"Boy, I needed this book -- I laughed out loud every few pages. It is hysterically funny. The story, as improbable to swallow, is the POTUS (President of the United States) who actually says what he thinks, nominates to the Supreme Court a Judge (really a lawyer) from a popular TV show call Courtroom Six. This woman, Pepper (named after Shakespeare's Perdita) also says what she thinks. During her mock hearing preparations when staffers pose as senators and grill her, one asks "Is there anything in your past that might prove embarrassing to this Committee?" She replies, "Look here, Senator. You got five thousand FBI agents out there going through my garbage and waterboarding everyone I ever talked to, starting with the ob-gyn who slapped my butt on my way out of the womb. Do you really think I'd put myself through all this if I had a whole catacomb of skeletons doing the cha-cha in my closet?" The rest is a wild ride, with long-time Senator Dexter Mitchell, head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who happens to want the nomination himself -- in fact, he's begged the President to nominate him to the court. When that doesn't happen he focusses on a bizarre way to become President himself. Read this if you want to laugh a lot. I loved it."
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