How about that title of Christopher Buckley’s new political satire coming out next month? Almost makes you wonder if he was the one nudging the Daily Caller to respond to the progressives’ Romney-Dog distraction as they did.
That wouldn’t be a bad method of book promotions would it? Provoke a miniature 24-hour news cycle controversy in order to get your book title fresh in people’s minds.
Here’s the plot summary. Which real life people do you suppose inspired the “sexy, outspoken neocon Angel Templeton”?
Publication Date: May 8, 2012
In an attempt to gain congressional approval for a top-secret weapons system, Washington lobbyist “Bird” McIntyre teams up with sexy, outspoken neocon Angel Templeton to pit the American public against the Chinese. When Bird fails to uncover an authentic reason to slander the nation, he and Angel put the Washington media machine to work, spreading a rumor that the Chinese secret service is working to assassinate the Dalai Lama.
Meanwhile in China, mild-mannered President Fa Mengyao and his devoted aide Gang are maneuvering desperately against sinister party hard-liners Minister Lo and General Han. Now Fa and Gang must convince the world that the People’s Republic is not out to kill the Dalai Lama, while maintaining Fa’s small margin of power in the increasingly militaristic environment of the party.
On the home front, Bird must contend with a high-strung wife who entertains Olympic equestrian ambition, and the qualifying competition happens to be taking place in China. As things unravel abroad, Bird and Angel’s lie comes dangerously close to reality. And as their relationship rises to a new level, so do mounting tensions between the United States and China
Hat tip: John Podhoretz
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