Books.

[dsrtao]

_House of Cards_, by Michael Dobbs. It's the anti-"Yes, Minister". British political thriller in which a senior conservative politician brings down the current leadership and inserts himself at the top, without any concern for ethics or who gets hurt along the way. USAns without a good grasp on the UK governmental scheme will undoubtedly be lost. I wonder what US books assume a similar background knowledge of Federal government?

Comments

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

I have not (yet) read the book, but I have seen the BBC films based on it and its sequels. I thought that they were Most Excellent, though I can't speak as to how good they were as adaptations.