In his latest novel, Christopher Buckley trains his trademark "outside insider's insight" on the Supreme Court to parody the political and personal undercurrents shaping how the Court works. I highly recommend "Supreme Courtship" for its humor.and its relevance to the folly of our elected and appointed servants in Washington. But Buckley ratchets things up to the final election mess with such finesse that it's a shame when the book finally ends. A chapter devoted to Pepper's first case on the court, infuses Latin beyond its limits and is the most creative and hilarious part of the book. Author Buckley has a breezy narrative style that sets things up perfectly. ![]() fun breaks out, ending with a Constitutional crisis that would make Bush v. On the court, however, responsibilities (and her personal life) catch up with her and all. Enormously unqualified to be a Supreme Court judge, Pepper Cartwright, nevertheless, becomes an instant darling of the nation and sails through her confirmation. ![]() a straight-shootin' Texan host whose husband happens to be the producer. Through a chance viewing of a court tv-like show, Vanderdamp hits on his choice. presidents.difficulty in getting a Supreme Court nominee through the Senate. President Donald Vanderdamp has come upon a situation not unlike one that has been faced by former U.S. Filled with sui generis characters who are only a half-step away from actuality, Buckley creates scenarios that, given a twist here or a turn there, could happen in fact. If you think the 2008 presidential campaign has a tendency to collapse into absurdity on any given day, Christopher Buckley's wonderful new book, "Supreme Courtship", is the perfect companion book to the real-live antics we currently witness. Armchair Interviews says: Supreme Courtship is an outstandingly funny political satire made even more memorable by Anne Heche's stellar performance. Supreme Courtship is a breath of fresh air in a year bedeviled with financial crises and political wrangling. Buckley himself couldn't have hand-picked a better voice as the narrator: Heche manages to wring every ounce of dry humor from each satirical sentence. All are brought to life vividly and believably. Heche breathes such life into each character's individual accent and manner of speaking that it is easy to forget that only one person is speaking. Anne Heche's reading is the stuff that dreams are made of. He even throws in an oh-so-thinly disguised parody of a certain senator from Connecticut that will make Republicans snort into their coffee. ![]() Buckley mercilessly skewers everything political from presidential campaigns to lobbyists to the overweening egos of Supreme Court justices. The havoc that ensues is political satire at its finest and driest. In frustration, President Vanderdamp decides to give the committee a candidate they won't dare turn down-Judge Pepper Cartwright: young, sassy, and the star of television's highest rated show, Courtroom 6. Two of his stellar candidates for the seat are taken out by the head-hunting Senate Judiciary Committee. "Nothing raises the national temperature more," writes Christopher Buckley in Supreme Courtship, "than a vacancy sign hanging from the colonnaded front of the Supreme Court." Fictional president Donald Vanderdamp (whose approval ratings are in the "high twenties") finds out how difficult a job filling the spot can be.
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