Supreme Courtship, Christopher Buckley
Supreme Courtship, Christopher Buckley
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Supreme Courtship

Author: Christopher Buckley

Narrator: Anne Heche

Unabridged: 8 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Twelve

Published: 09/03/2008


Synopsis

President of the United States Donald Vanderdamp is having a hell of a time getting his nominees appointed to the Supreme Court. After one nominee is rejected for insufficiently appreciating To Kill A Mockingbird, the president chooses someone so beloved by voters that the Senate won't have the guts to reject her -- Judge Pepper Cartwright, the star of the nation's most popular reality show, Courtroom Six.

Will Pepper, a straight-talking Texan, survive a confirmation battle in the Senate? Will becoming one of the most powerful women in the world ruin her love life? And even if she can make it to the Supreme Court, how will she get along with her eight highly skeptical colleagues, including a floundering Chief Justice who, after legalizing gay marriage, learns that his wife has left him for another woman.

Soon, Pepper finds herself in the middle of a constitutional crisis, a presidential reelection campaign that the president is determined to lose, and oral arguments of a romantic nature. Supreme Courtship is another classic Christopher Buckley comedy about the Washington institutions most deserving of ridicule.

About Christopher Buckley

Christopher Buckley is a novelist, essayist, humorist, critic, magazine editor, and memoirist. His books include Thank You for Smoking, The Judge Hunter, Make Russia Great Again, and The Relic Master. He worked as a merchant seaman and White House speechwriter. He was awarded the Thurber Prize for American Humor and the Washington Irving Medal for Literary Excellence.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Dutch on 2010-06-18 14:21:18

I don't really care if, as one reviewer sniffed, this is not one of Chris Buckley's better books. As read by Anne Heche it is sweet, clever, touching and delightfully hilarious. If you don't fall in love with Heche's rendering of Supreme Court nominee Pepper Cartwright, you are one sad or lobotomized individual. The characters Heche creates are wonderfully varied and fit Buckley's writing perfectly. This is a perfect summertime listen.

Goodreads review by Brian on January 18, 2016

I really debated about how to rate this book. Quality wise it is not 4 stars, but in terms of entertainment value it certainly is. I guess I would not make a good judge! Regardless, Mr. Buckley is up to his usual tricks satirizing all things Washington DC. I have read a lot of Buckley lately (see my......more

Goodreads review by Brooke on September 21, 2008

Buckley is back, this time taking on the Supreme Court. The set-up revolves around a TV court judge who gets nominated to the Supreme Court after the President gets pissed about his two previous nominees being turned down (one for a report on To Kill A Mockingbird from his elementary school days). I......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on October 06, 2008

Christopher Buckley returns just in time for the new session, with a charming satire on the Supreme Court and the politics of confirming a Justice. Buckley is the current champ of political satire that is truly comedic. His tale of lobbyists , Thank You for Smoking was pure genius, and Supreme Cour......more

Goodreads review by Kelsey on March 22, 2016

The first half of this book was filled with potential - it was supposed to be the rom com for SCOTUS nerds! But the second half fell completely flat. It is worth a read because although it was written in 2008, it presents a scary parody of the state of our country and presidential election today - r......more

Goodreads review by Scot on June 21, 2021

Fast and fun, making it the perfect beach read. Imagine Judge Judy as a sexy Texan who humorously ends up on the Supreme Court. And imagine that politicians are useless and so someone like that can actually make a difference in bucking the system. Sounds refreshing, right?!? I loved and loathed the c......more