I am not saying that I support marital deception, but in a politician, I think that it's worse when they really don't believe in their political opinions and they are just saying them to gain the support of the voter. Politicians are human as any other person in any other job career, and I can understand their 'character failures' in their personal areas.

a brutally sad truth in an age where we are eager to have true leaders. a politician will do and will say anything if that helps him(her) to win an election. The story doesn't hesitate to show something that maybe any voter in any country knows. It's a book well written and it gives a very amusing view of a Clinton-like presidency without saying in open way that it was the intention, but the similarities are obvious.įor readers who enjoy politics based books I am sure that this can be a great option to read. It's no secret that Primary Colors is a fiction novel based on the real presidential campaign of former President Bill Clinton. However, the book is a more solid product with more details and development of the characters and events. It's highly likely that nowadays I would 'watch' in a different light the novel I'd read again. I have to admit that I didn't went crazy about for the book or the movie, at that particular moment, but again I think that it was a 'too serious' story in a moment in my life that I was reading and watching lighter stuff. (It was later than it was known that Joe Klein was the author of the novel. Even at that moment was published as an 'anonymous' work. Narrated with commanding presence by Peter Francis James, Primary Colors paints such an authentic picture of national politics that it's become one of the most talked-about political novels.I read this novel, back then in 1998, just live a month before of watching the film adaptation. Burton illuminates, through his actions and observations, the sometimes seamy, sometimes steamy and sometimes surprisingly noble ascent to the presidency.įilled with spin doctors, power brokers, and loyal followers, this story of a presidential race spans the spectrum from bedroom farce to high moral drama. As former congressional aide Henry Burton is dazzled and lured into presidential hopeful Jack Stanton's fledgling campaign, he becomes a cog in Stanton's unstoppable political machine. Primary Colors offers a richly detailed look at life on the political stump. Spending nearly a year on the New York Times bestseller list, this blockbuster novel has sold well over one million copies.

Primary Colors is the riveting story of a governor-from-a-small-state's quest for the presidency, and a jaded Beltway insider's search for a leader to believe in.

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