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Alfred Clayton, a college instructor, is at work on two books at the same time. One is his memoir of life during the administration of Gerald Ford. The other is his great, unfinished magnum opus, a biography of President James Buchanan.
Clayton's chaotic family situation (he's abandoned his wife and three children for the other woman) illustrates his confusion. It fits nicely with Buchanan's own doomed passion for the great love of his life, as does Clayton's era with Buchanan's when the country tore itself apart just before the Civil War.
"Whimsical, lyrical, and filled with portraits of American politics and domestic life in two centuries. Vintage Updike."
Hardback. English. Hamish Hamilton. 1993. Good Condition.
