Thursday, November 20, 2014

Read- and watch-alikes: If you enjoyed November's selection . . .

If you enjoyed reading about the political-media complex in our nation's capital in This Town by Mark Leibovich, then you might also like these books and television shows about politics and the fourth estate suggested by our discussion group members: All the Kings Men by Robert Penn Warren, which won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize, and the 1949 and 2006 film adaptations, about the rise of Louisiana governor Willie Stark told from the point of view of Jack Burden, a political reporter who becomes his right-hand man; The Boys on the Bus by Timothy Crouse, a non-fiction book about pack journalism during the 1972 United States Presidential campaign; and House of Cards, a contemporary Netflix television series about a ruthless politician who manipulates a young, equally conniving reporter to further his own political agenda and rise to power.