Citizens of the Green Room: Profiles in Courage and Self-Delusion Audiobook (Free)
- Joe Barrett
- 8 h 21 min
- Penguin Audio
- 2014-11-13
Summary:
Author of the groundbreaking #1 NY Occasions bestseller This Town, Mark Leibovich results having a masterly assortment of portraits of Washington’s top notch, and wannabe elites. Hailed by The Washington Post like a “master of the political profile,” Leibovich offers spent his career writing unforgettable, buzz-worthy, and often jaw-dropping features about politicians and additional notables. Currently chief nationwide correspondent for THE BRAND NEW York Times Publication, Leibovich punctures the inflated personas from the about People of the Green Room: Information in Courage and Self-Delusion effective, and in Residents of the Green Space, he reveals the lives, stories, and peculiarities behind the public masks.
A brilliant reporter with a talent for subversive, engaging storytelling, Leibovich maintains a refreshing conviviality with many of his subjects even while he renders incisive and unflinching assessments. His features have driven the nationwide conversation while revealing the fallibilities from the kingmakers and mass media stars: consider his 2007 profile of Hillary Clinton, which unearthed a treasure trove of aged letters the fact that then senator wrote as a vulnerable young scholar; or his much-talked-about 2010 portrait of Glenn Beck, which laid bare the tortured soul and precarious position from the once invincible sponsor and his uneasy relationship along with his soon-to-be ex-employer FOX News. In the politics area, Leibovich’s portraits of John Kerry, Paul Ryan, Chris Christie, and John McCain are already classics; they invariably remind us that great journalism and stylish composing are not only necessary to the Republic but essential to keep up with the citizenry’s sanity and laughter when confronted with made-for-TV government.
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