No Way to Treat a First Lady | CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY | Buckley eviscerates a certain presidential...

No Way to Treat a First Lady | CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY | Nobody slams them better

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	No Way to Treat a First Lady CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY Random House, 2002 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 55 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Christopher Buckley, the bestselling author of the comic classics The White House Mess and Thank You for Smoking, returns to the funniest place in America: Washington, D.C.

Elizabeth Tyler MacMann, the First Lady of the United States, has been charged with killing her philandering husband, the President of the United States. In the midst of a bedroom spat, she allegedly hurled a historic Paul Revere spittoon at him, with tragic results. The attorney general has no choice but to put the First Lady on trial for assassination.

The media has never warmed to Beth MacMann (her nickname in the tabloids is ?Lady Bethmac?), and as America girds for a scandalous, sensational trial, Beth reaches out to the only defense attorney she trusts, Boyce ?Shameless? Baylor, who charges $1,000 an hour and has represented a Who?s Who of scoundrels: murderous running backs, society wife-killers, Los Alamos spies, and national-security sellouts.

Why Boyce Baylor? Because Beth loved him once, when they were law students. Boyce wanted to marry her, but Beth chose the future President instead. Now, after all these years, Boyce has a second chance. To what lengths will a shameless lawyer go to win the Trial of the Millennium and regain the love of his life?

Buckley has been described by the Los Angeles Times Book Review as ?one of the best and surest political humorists in America? and by Entertainment Weekly as ?a superb writer of politically incorrect satire.? No Way to Treat a First Lady is flat-out hilarious. And furthermore, it?s a love story for our time.

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Buckley eviscerates a certain presidential power couple

This book is a riot. The ever delightful Buckley details what happens when philandering President Ken MacMann (not based on any recent presidents) dies after being hit by a silver Paul Revere spittoon thrown by edgy, lawyer First Lady Beth Tyler MacMann (bearing no resemblance to any recent first ladies) after being caught sneaking back into their White House bedroom at 2:30 a.m. from the Lincoln Bedroom, where he was building a bridge to 21st century Hollywood donations with actress, singer, activist and serial Lincoln bedroom visitor Babette Van Anka. (She's not based on any real characters, either.)

As he's found dead in the morning, his forehead bearing the reverse imprint "Revere" where the spittoon hit him, Beth MacMann is charged with assassinating her husband. She turns to the nation's top trial lawyer, Shameless Boyce, who also happens to be the fiance she dumped to marry MacMann a quarter century before in law school.

In the ensuing Trial of the Millenium. Boyce successfully chips away the government's case, until his client insists on testifying - to rehabilitate her image so that she can later run for office - and all hell breaks loose.

If you ever suffered from either Clinton or OJ fatigue (or, likely, both), you won't be able to put down this delicious satire. With the finest of literary scalpels, Buckley eviscerates politicians, TV-trial commentators, spin managers, jury analysts, Hollywood activists, preening superlawyers and mostly the once and seemingly future occupants of the White House.

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Nobody slams them better

What can you say about a book that includes both O.J. Simpson and J.J. Bronco? Or a Lady BethMac set upon by Agent Woody Birnam? Or a Hollywood activist who doesn't know the difference between the West Bank and an ATM?

And hey, the Steuben ashtray makes a second appearance in Mr. Buckley's writing.

Though the broad outline of this book is the media frenzy surrounding the murder trial of a First Lady accused of murdering her husband, this book takes massive swipes at America's September 10 celebrity culture.

Hysterically funny stuff.

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Great satire, good reading

Christopher Buckley's No Way to Treat a First Lady is both a legal mystery and a satire on several institutions that have abused the trust of the American people: lawyers, leaders of our country who have engaged in sexual misconduct/the people who enable their misconduct, and the national security organizations with their questionable loyalties. There are laugh-out-loud moments, the characters are well-done, and the trial is out of this world. I didn't quite fall in love with the book, but definitely enjoyed the read.

Buckley is king of political satire for a reason...

Given the current political crap going on, this was really nice... sometimes you hear that fact is funnier than fiction, but I dunno, this was very very funny. Buckley is probably the best political satire fiction writer I've ever had the pleasure of reading.

The sad part? I can totally see some of these things happening for real - *laugh*

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Hoping for a great plot. At least it has humor.

This book moves right along. It has some punch -- you'll read along, and then burst out laughing. Christopher Buckley has a quick sense of humor. It's not high literature, but it's great for an airplane read.

So, the first lady is Beth MacMann... her husband is a sort of a John McCain, POW survivor, president crossed with a womanizing Bill Clinton president. (Book written in 2002) Beth MacMann is ... sexy, hot-tempered, smart.

When the president dies, the first lady stands accused of murder. Her defense attorney is an old flame. Their repartee is good -- reminiscent of Nelson DeMille in Plum Island or the Gold Coast.

The ending was fairly predictable, but there were a couple of laugh-out-loud moments, and I liked it.

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