![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Primary Colors is about the cost of political leadership in America and, perhaps, anywhere. And Washington insiders had little trouble figuring out who might have inspired characters like first lady Susan Stanton (Hillary Clinton), campaign aide Henry Burton (George Stephanopoulos) and strategist Richard Jemmons (James Carville).īut Klein aims to do more than satirize the players in the 1992 Democratic primaries. Primary Colors sends up the first presidential campaign of Jack Stanton, a Southern governor and stand-in for Bill Clinton. 1 bestseller is interesting for more than identity of its author, eventually revealed to be the longtime Washington journalist Joe Klein. Guessing who wrote Primary Colors was a white-hot political parlor game in 1996, when the novel first appeared under the byline of “Anonymous.” But this former No. A veteran political reporter satirizes sexual harassment and more on the campaign trail ![]()
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