![]() ![]() ![]() You'll be belly-laughing through Buckley's byzantine plot, which includes Peester v. this novel could more accurately be called near-fetched - disarmingly, hilariously so. "The premise of Christopher Buckley's new political comedy, Supreme Courtship, isn't all that far-fetched. "One of the rarest political specimens- the authentically comic writer."- Boston Globeīuckley's ingenious and mischievous tale of a Washington shakeup via an injection of good old American authenticity is funny and entertaining. "An accomplished comic novelist and raucously funny political satirist."- Sunday Times of London "The quintessential political novelist of our time."- Fortune "One of the funniest writers in the English language."- Tom Wolfe Supreme Courtship is another classic Christopher Buckley comedy about the Washington institutions most deserving of ridicule. Soon, Pepper finds herself in the middle of a constitutional crisis, a presidential reelection campaign that the president is determined to lose, and oral arguments of a romantic nature. Will Pepper, a straight-talking Texan, survive a confirmation battle in the Senate? Will becoming one of the most powerful women in the world ruin her love life? And even if she can make it to the Supreme Court, how will she get along with her eight highly skeptical colleagues, including a floundering Chief Justice who, after legalizing gay marriage, learns that his wife has left him for another woman. After one nominee is rejected for insufficiently appreciating To Kill A Mockingbird, the president chooses someone so beloved by voters that the Senate won't have the guts to reject her - Judge Pepper Cartwright, the star of the nation's most popular reality show, Courtroom Six. President of the United States Donald Vanderdamp is having a hell of a time getting his nominees appointed to the Supreme Court. ![]()
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