Frank, Jeffrey,  1942- <br/><br/>
Bad publicity :  a novel / 
Jeffrey Frank. 
 - New York :  Simon & Schuster,  c2004. 
 - 213 pages ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> In the twilight of the Reagan era, as prospects appear brighter than ever for a Democratic restoration, the lawyers, lobbyists, advisers and socialites of Washington are looking ahead -- but over their shoulders, too. With good reason. Charlie Dingleman, a former congressman, has gotten a tantalizing job offer that could rescue him from the drudgery of lawyering. But he's being shadowed by an increasingly unsavory rumor started by Judith Grust, a young associate at Charlie's firm. Judith has a few dark secrets of her own, like one she shares with Hank Morriday, a lazy, shiftless welfare policy expert. That helps to drive Hank into the orbit of Candy Romulade, a P.R. executive paralyzed by a dwindling client list. Then Candy signs up a veteran local anchorman, who has a very peculiar view of the world. As these men and women collide in a lusty, mad scramble, their savage ambitions and reversals of fortune test the idea that there's no such thing as bad publicity. The result, Bad Publicity, is a pitch-perfect, often poignant novel in the classic Swiftian mold. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780743247801 (paperbacks) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003057342 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Presidents--Election--Fiction.<br/>Presidentes --Elecciones --Ficción <br/>Political campaigns--Fiction.<br/>Campañas políticas --Ficción 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Washington (D.C.)--Ficción 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS 3556  / F828b 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813/.54