Capitol Hill — Andrew Tully

Andrew Tully was Scripps Howard's White House correspondent under Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy and spares no punches in this novel about politicians on Capitol Hill in the 1960's and the forces that defined their lives �" families, love affairs, cruel ambitions, selfish pursuits , and the ruthless climb to the top. “Everybody who understood the uses of power and the necessity for acquiring it and holding on to it knew you couldn't be a Boy Scout all the time. If you tried, the Boy Scouts who took time off to throw knives would pin your hide to the wall.”

Andrew Tully also wrote his own column, “Capital Fare,”from 1962 to 1987 and was syndicated in more than 150 newspapers at its peak. He knew Washington through and through and was a newspaperman to his core. “If you're interested at all in a political career and have any kind of brain, you learn that politics is a tough and ruthless and cutthroat business.” Although Capitol Hill was written over fifty years ago, Tully's depiction of the political scene is timeless. An intriguing read by a prolific and observant journalist.