Primary Colors (novel)

Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics is a 1996 book by columnist Joe Klein, published anonymously, about the presidential campaign of a southern governor. It is a roman à clef (a work of fiction based on real people and events) about Bill Clinton 's first presidential campaign in 1992. A brilliant and penetrating look behind the scenes of modern American politics, Primary Colors is a funny, wise, and dramatic story with characters and events that resemble some familiar, real-life figures.

When a former congressional aide becomes part of the staff of the governor of a small Southern state, he watches in horror, admiration, and amazement, as the governor mixes calculation and. Primary Colors written by Joe Klein in the guise of Anonymous is a political novel with fictional characters (not so much) meant to represent real. Alternative Book Cover Coming soon Quotes "Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre."―Joe Klein,Primary Colors "Middlemarch."―Anonymous,Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics "Her inability toseemy color-a quality that at first seemed so fetching in her, so exhilarating and optimistic-ultimately became a statement I could not accept: that my color wasn't.

Book Description A brilliant and penetrating look behind the scenes of modern American politics, Primary Colors is a funny, wise, and dramatic story with characters and events that resemble some familiar, real. The novel's characters and scenarios are thinly veiled portrayals of real 1990s political figures and events. The Stantons, resembling the Clintons, invite readers to blur the line between.

Primary Colors is an anonymous novel that follows the life of a governor and his presidential campaign. The narrator, a loyal aide, must navigate the political world of scandals and moral dilemmas as he grapples with his beliefs and loyalties. The best politcal novel of the year by a landslide, Primary Colors is the riveting story of a governor-from-a-small-state's quest for the presidency, and a jaded Beltway insider's search for a leader to believe in.

Spending nearly a year on the New York Times best-seller list, this blockbuster. Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics is a 1996 book by columnist Joe Klein, published anonymously, about the presidential campaign of a southern governor. It is a roman à clef (a work of fiction based on real people and events) about Bill Clinton 's first presidential campaign in 1992.

It was adapted as a film of the same name in 1998.