{"product_id":"political-fiction-the-spirit-of-tom-kemme-9780879723743","title":"Political Fiction, the Spirit of Age, and Allen Drury","description":"The President of the United States, says the Constitution, cannot act in many specified instances without the \"advice and consent\" of Congress. But \"advice\" is not a strong word. And taking or not taking advice is a fairly nebulous situation . . . creating an instability, a fundamental ambiguity, at the very heart of power, between the Congress and the President. It is this instability, and this wide-openness, that allows the free play of the more intangible types of power that begin where the constitution breaks off: sex, personality, and character. Things which are left out of civics textbooks are what Allen Drury took as his subject in such novels as \u003ci\u003eAdvise and Consent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Shade of Difference\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCapable of Honor\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Kemme\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0879723742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780879723743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d","brand":"Tom Kemme","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926742794495,"sku":"9780879723743","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_70ebcf7e-1993-4097-a677-669e729f2b2b.jpg?v=1681084759","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/political-fiction-the-spirit-of-tom-kemme-9780879723743","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}