The Speechwriter: A Brief Education In Politics

"In this short memoir, Barton Swaim describes what it was like to work as a speechwriter for former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford. The governor’s marital infidelity (yes, that governor — think “Appalachian Trail”) and other moral shortcomings take a back seat here. And deservedly so, for Swaim’s approach is far more entertaining and, if you care about language, far more indicting. He describes an administration in which the mistreatment of language — and staff — was commonplace."