“Son, this is a Washington, D.C. kind of lie. It's when the other person knows you're lying, and also knows you know he knows.”
Drury’s political fiction novel that explores the United States Senate confirmation of controversial Secretary of State nominee Robert Leffingwell, whose promotion is endangered due to growing evidence that the nominee had been a member of the Communist Party.
Author: Allen Drury
Title: Advise and Consent: A Novel of Washington Politics
Edition: First Edition, early printing
Published: Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1968
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 616p
Condition: Fair to good condition dust jacket with edge wear, chipping and rubbing to surfaces—in new protector. Boards and spine clean with mild crushing at spine ends. Binding solid and square. Pages toned. Mild foxing on top edge.
Comments: Solid copy
