{"product_id":"washington-dc-9780375708770","title":"Washington, D.C.","description":"With a New Introduction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c\/b\u003e, is the final installment in Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire, his acclaimed six-volume series of historical novels about the American past. It offers an illuminating portrait of our republic from the time of the New Deal to the McCar-thy era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWidely regarded as Vidal's ultimate comment on how the American political system degrades those who participate in it, \u003cb\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c\/b\u003e is a stunning tale of corruption and diseased ambitions. It traces the fortunes of James Burden Day, a powerful conservative senator who is eyeing the presidency; Clay Overbury, a pragmatic young congressional aide with political aspirations of his own; and Blaise Sanford, a ruthless newspaper tycoon who understands the importance of money and image in modern politics. With characteristic wit and insight, Vidal chronicles life in the nation's capital at a time when these men and others transformed America into \"possibly the last empire on earth.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c\/b\u003e may well be the finest of contemporary novels about the capital,\" said \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e deemed it \"a prodigiously skilled and clever performance.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGore Vidal\u003c\/b\u003e (1925-2012) was born at the United States Military Academy at West Point. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eWilliwaw\u003c\/i\u003e, written when he was 19 years old and serving in the army, appeared in the spring of 1946. He wrote 23 novels, five plays, many screenplays, short stories, well over 200 essays, and a memoir.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51298371010834,"sku":"9780375708770","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b4c2dfdf-c79f-47f7-95fb-315c952c796e.jpg?v=1747817952","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/washington-dc-9780375708770","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}