JULY 11
Received a thoughtful review in The New York Observer on July 11. Under the delightful headline `A Romp Through the D.C. Underbrush’, Ana Marie Cox–who could cure cancer and open the first discoteque on the moon and still be forever known as the woman who used write Wonkette–writes “Jamie Malanowski’s debut novel [*] about a palace coup in the White House has some sizable flaws, but for all the preposterousness of the plot . . . The Coup still manages to excavate an ugly and hilarious truth about Washington: For a city of egotists and nation-builders, we’re far too easily, absurdly, tragically pleased.” Luckily, prepsterousness isn’t a fatal flaw in Cox’s mind. You can read the whole thing here, but trust us: you could stop at “A Romp Through the D.C. Underbrush” and still lead a fulfilling life.
[*] For what it’s worth, my debut novel was and always shall be Mr. Stupid Goes to Washington (Birch Lane, 1992).