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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 070.92
EAN: 9781400051991
ISBN: 1400051991
Label: Crown Forum
Manufacturer: Crown Forum
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 672
Publication Date: July 10, 2007
Publisher: Crown Forum
Release Date: July 10, 2007
Sales Rank: 196790
Studio: Crown Forum
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Product Description:
Long before Robert Novak became the center of a political firestorm in the Valerie Plame CIA leak scandal, he had established himself as one of the finest—and most controversial—political reporters in America. Now, in this sweeping, monumental memoir, Novak offers the first full account of his involvement in that affair, while also revealing the fascinating story of his remarkable life and career. This is a singular journey through a half century of stories, scandals, and personal encounters with Washington’s most powerful and colorful people.
Novak has been a Washington insider since the days when the place was a sleepy southern town and journalism was built on shoe leather and the ability to cultivate and keep sources (not to mention the ability to hold one’s liquor). He has covered every president since Truman, known (personally and professionally) virtually all the big movers and shakers in D.C., and broken a number of the biggest stories—the Plame story, we see here, being far from the most important. In this book, he puts it all into perspective. He also reveals the extraordinary transformations that have fundamentally remade Washington, politics, and journalism—and his own role in those transformations.
Moving beyond the “first draft of history” that is daily journalism, Novak can at last tell the stories behind the stories. He vividly recalls encounters with the Kennedys (angry meetings with Bobby, a scary ride home in Jack’s convertible), his unusual relationship with Lyndon Johnson (who hosted Novak’s wedding reception and who, “drunk as a loon,” had to be carried out of a bar by the young newsman), a decidedly odd off-the-record lunch with Ronald Reagan, and his first meetings with George W. Bush—at which the veteran journalist seriously underestimated the future president. We meet other fascinating characters as well, from Deng Xiaoping to Ted Turner to Ezra Pound.
Writing with bracing candor, Novak tells us how politics and journalism truly operate at the highest levels, both publicly and behind closed doors. He is equally open about his private experience. He writes frankly about the days when his drinking reflected too closely the boozy ways of the town. He acknowledges times when his job took precedence over his family. He is reflective about his political journey to the right. And he writes more personally than ever before about his spiritual journey, from his early life as a secular Jew to his conversion to Catholicism at the age of sixty-seven.
Packed with riveting, never-before-told stories, The Prince of Darkness is a hugely entertaining and equally perceptive view of fifty years in the life of Washington and the people who cover it.
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This was a wonderful book. For a political junkie it is an absolute must read. The behind the scenes look at politics and reporting was fascinating. The tidbits of history and inside look at the systems of power make this book irresistible. If I had read this book as a freshman in college or as a high school senior it would have changed the course of my life; I would have become a reporter. Mr. Novak writes about his incredible career as a Washington reporter and balances this part of the book ... Read More
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Although this book was written before he hit the bike rider in DC and drove off, Novak still manages to hold the reader's interest. As I recall the news story, he hit the bike rider so hard that the biker was sprawled against his windshield and slid off. Novak drove off and then claimed that he was not aware of what had happened. Some medical professionals have speculated that his brain tumor may have had something to do with the accident. But I like to believe that was just Novak being Novak. I believe ... Read More
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In some ways "The Prince of Darkness" is a typical political memoir,
one more attempt to justify one's actions and one more attempt to
destroy or at least discredit one's enemies. This book is more than
that, and less than that. Novak covered national politics for over 50
years, so most of the book is about politics and politicians.
Novak worked for several newspapers, chains, syndicates, magazines,
stations, and networks. There is a lot of information about the ... Read More
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Let's begin with total disclosure: I once worked for Mr. Novak, back in the 1980s when Ronald Reagan was president and DC was an exciting town.
I admired Mr. Novak then. I admire him now. He is one of the most dedicated professionals I have ever met. Then, I was a conservative and a Catholic. I have since returned to my liberal roots, and left the church (I am now an atheist) just as Mr. Novak was completing the journey that he had told me he was on even back then (he has since been baptized ... Read More
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I was looking forward to this read with considerable anticipation. I was not disappointed. I have followed the authors columns and watched many of his tv appearances from when he was a liberal-moderate back in the Rockefeller days and have happily observed his transformation over the years to a no holds bar conservative. This book offers the reader valuable behind the scene insights for virtually everything of significance that has happened politically during the last half century. A must read.
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