The Scandal Plan

by Bill Folman

Book Overview

With only a few months until Election Day, presidential- hopeful Senator Ben Phillips is getting battered in the polls and his staff is getting desperate. Smart, capable, fair, and honest, Phillips is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006144765X
• ISBN13: 9780061447655
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Book

This is a funny book and great for summer reading. Very appropriate to today's political climate. Definitely enjoyed reading it.

Couldn't put it down - funny and engaging with great wit

If you've ever found yourself shouting at cable news, this book is for you. The characters are wonderfully colorful and the plot is so outlandish it's believable. Folman takes the current political climate on his knee and gives it a well deserved spanking. Great stuff!

Funny, extremely relevant, and funny

You'll start reading this for its unique look at American politics and for its sexy cover art. You'll keep reading to watch the lives of these exquisitely-drawn characters unfold. This is a must-read for politics-junkies and book worms alike!

Witty page-turner

Thomas Campman, the campaign manager for the democratic presidential candidate, gets hit in the head with an idea while sitting on the toilet, believing he's received a message from God. Ben Phillips has been preparing for the role of president his entire life. He's got an impressive resume, a great deal of public service under his belt and truly believes in what he's fighting for. The problem is he's so clean that the public can't relate to him. Thomas believes what's needed to make Ben seem more human is to invent a small scandal in Ben's past. The results are funny as a good idea snowballs out of control in this witty page-turner. It's difficult to believe that this is the author's first book. It's totally out of the genre I normally read, but I will definitely be looking for future books. The chapters don't run on, the characters are interesting, the story flows well, there's plenty of humor, and yet it is suspenseful in that you never know what's going to happen next. This book was fast and easy to read.

Douglas Adams meets Jon Stewart

Loved it! Really funny and clever. A well crafted satire of the absurdity of how to win political popularity in America. Even though the story is fictitious, there were some really well thought out moments, such as how the ramifications of certain events would play out. The book makes a really insightful point about how important authenticity is in the White House race - something you can argue that because of which a lot of other Premiers come into favour...Tony Blair, to take one example. I especially loved the making-fun-of-the-US-media theme. And, also just like when you watch Jon Stewart, you are aware of how much the author is frustrated with, and worried about, how no one really cares about political issues, and in this case how important the effect of being authentic is on the public. But instead of getting annoyed with the fact that politics has now become the 'third estate' and current general political apathy, Folman just laughs about it and makes up a silly story - something reminiscent of Douglas Adams. I kept thinking 'this would be a great film' all the way (something I'm sure he wrote with in mind). Definitely looking forward to the next one. Maybe it will be a story about a race of beings who find the perfect democracy...?