Primary Whites: A Novel Look at Right-Wing Politics (Abridged)

This conservative parody of Primary Colors'Äîthe roman a clef about a presidential scandal'Äîno longer sounds so outrageous given America'Äôs current political absurdities. Harry Beltway, the idealistic grandson of a famous evangelist, has just come back from a missionary tour when he is persuaded to join the campaign staff of Tim Duncannon, an arch-conservative television commentator. Duncannon has set his sights on the presidency, so that he can build a barbed wire fence around the United...