First published 1999
George Stephanopoulos works as a senior advisor in the Clinton White House, caught between his ideals and the brutal realities of political survival. He watches as scandals break, policies stall, and personal relationships fracture under the weight of public scrutiny. The young aide must choose between protecting his president and preserving his own integrity as media storms rage and investigations mount. Each crisis tests his faith in the political process he once believed could change America. Stephanopoulos discovers that serving power means making compromises that challenge everything he thought he knew about right and wrong.
Genres: american-fiction, 20th-century, american, political-science, biography-memoir, political-thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: White House
Period: 20th Century
Hardcover · Little, Brown & Company