The Woody

by Peter Lefcourt

Book Overview

The most outrageous, inside-Washington satire since "Primary Colors, The Woody" is a hilarious and timely novel of sex, spin and the Senate.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684853930
• ISBN13: 9780684853932
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 11 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 6 and higher

Customer Reviews

Brilliant political satire.

If only they allowed us a larger number of stars! "The Woody" is, hands down, one of the finest works of political satire ever published. The book is simply brilliant, both in style and content. It is well-written, with crisp, believable dialogue, well-paced action and a heaping dose of wry humor. More importantly, the book is as funny a send-up of modern politics as you'll ever read. The protagonist, Senator Woody White fends off a blackmailing spouse, a litigous ex-wife, a scary housekeeper, a politically connected Vermont maple syrup kingpin and a very angry Trent Lott, whose car Woody dented in the Senate parking garage. But he really begins to panic when he comes down with a unfortunate case of Erectile Dysfunction. You'll be laughing out loud as you read this book and you won't be able to put it down until you've reached the surprising, hillarious, witty end. The political novel has been re-defined. Peter Lefcourt opens a new chapter in the genre with "The Woddy." Don't miss out...read it today!

Wonderful-- I tried to savor it, but I couldn't put it down!

I had never been much of a novel reader-- few of them have impressed me much and I felt I didn't have the time or patience for fiction. I read mostly humor and reference books or "classic" literature. I received "The Woody" as a gift and read it about six months later. I enjoyed the book so much, I found two other Lefcourt novels, "The Deal" and "The Dreyfus Affair." I loved them both, but "The Woody" still remains my favorite. I laughed out loud and never wanted it to end. It's smart, hilarious political satire with interesting and surprisingly likeable characters. All who know me can hardly believe it-- I'm a novel reader at last. I've gone through several other novels this summer, but none have been quite as entertaining as Lefcourt's work. I recommend his books to most everyone I know and look forward to his future novels. Hurry up, already.

I laughed out loud in each chapter

This book is the funniest story I have read...I couldn't put it down. Talk about trying to dig your way out of a hole....this story just gets better and better the more the plots are compounded

Great! Hilarious, extremely cleverly plotted, true re D.C.!

I loved this. Stayed up later than I should have while reading it. Found the plot impressively complex and clever. It's very true to life in Washington, I know from my own experience. And it's just so damn funny.

Hysterical!!

I read the Booklist review of this book and had to get a copy. I'm not finished yet, but so far, I'm loving every minute of this book. Sometimes I'm laughing so hard that I have to stop to catch my breath. What I'm enjoying the most is the fact that he is using real people in his story. The Trent Lott story line is a killer. Also, I absolutely thought that Lefcourt was ingenious in choosing names for the men of Vermont's organized crime. Hysterical! It was nice to know that I wasn't completely historically challenged when I figured that part out before it was explained in the book. This is my first book by this author, but it won't be my last.