Parliament of whores

In 1988 the author moved to Washington to take a long look at our government and to find an answer to the question every American asks: What the hell do these guys do all day, and why does it cost so much money? In his Introduction, he proffers the theory that we are suffering under a dictatorship of boredom. Adopting the manner of a high school civics textbook, he covers the three branches of government -- legislative, executive, judicial -- in a section entitled "Money, Television and Bullshit."

First sentence: What is this oozing behemoth, this fibrous tumor, this monster of power and expense hatched from the simple human desire for civic order?

Year

1991

Language

English

Publisher

Grove Press

Editions

3

Pages

240

ISBN

9780802139702

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