?A Carl Hiaasen-style take on Washington's greed and power lust.? Entertainment Weekly HOUSE OF CARDS MEETS WEST WING ? THE PERFECT PAPERBACK FOR US PRESIDENTIAL YEAR GODWIN POPE IS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES... HE WANTS TO MOVE UP. Godwin Pope is bored out of his skull. The one-time software billionaire and hyperconfident alpha male, now Vice President, has been reduced to the most empty tasks while the administration of President Jack Mahone sinks lower and lower in the polls with every gaffe and self-generated fiasco. Into his orbit swings Maggie Newbold, the sexy fallen-star journalist with a bad habit of sleeping with her sources, who's on a rehabilitation tour with Newsbreak magazine. Pope sees in Maggie the instrument of his salvation, and he sets into motion a plot of incredible subtlety (and, he believes, untraceability) whereby the Mahone administration will be so tarred by scandal that even though the President didn't actually do anything, he'll have no choice but to resign, leaving the chair in the Oval Office vacant for Pope's ascension, just as he deserves. Drawing on the universal current political climate ? the incestuous relationship between the press and the politicians, government agendas driven by scandal and spin, raging ambition and toxic competition at the highest levels ? while telling an unforgettable and ingeniously plotted story, The Coup is deliciously cynical, unsurpassingly witty... and worryingly believable. ?A hapless president and a hooker. An evil, conniving vice president, and a journalist horny for her next big scoop... Where does Malanowski get this stuff?!? Paul Begala, former Clinton aide and CNN contributor About the Author Jamie Malanowski has been an editor at Time and Esquire, and has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Washington Monthly, Spy and many other publications. He is currently managing editor of Playboy. Jamie has also written for the stage and co-wrote the film Pentagon Wars. SALES * Timed release to coincide with US presidential primaries and election * Huge publicity push to include author tour * Author is experienced Washington journalist who intimately knows machinations of US democracy
