{"product_id":"washington-d-c","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.\"","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833701544141,"sku":"9780375708770","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_e9ba8e5b-f3b4-468d-a602-af6a312454df.jpg?v=1790894414","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/washington-d-c","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}