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In this sly Washington satire, the second novel from Playboy managing editor Malanowski (Mr. Stupid Goes to Washington), a scheming U.S. vice president sets out to dethrone the president. After four years in the Senate, Godwin Pope, a rich and handsome Princeton grad, decides to run for president against the incumbent, Jack Mahone, a slick, folksy former Louisiana governor who crushes him in a primary debate. In a surprise move, Jack asks Godwin to be his running mate and Godwin accepts. Soon after their victory, Godwin becomes bored and covets the top job for himself. Enter Irene Kim, a comely trade mission rep (spy?!) from China, who Godwin suspects could snare Jack in a sex scandal of impeachment proportions. The flirtatious fly in the ointment is Newsbreak journalist Maggie Newbold, a disgraced Pulitzer Prize winner struggling to expose—or embrace—Godwin, a brilliant manipulator who presents a delicious paradoxical choice to Maggie at novel's end. Malanowski's portrait of a master political double-dealer is as entertaining as it is scary. (July)
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“Jamie Malanowski has written a biting and hilarious satire of the Journalistic-Political Scandal Complex. A hapless president and a hooker. An evil, conniving vice president, and a journalist horny for her next big scoop. They fall in and out of power while they fall in and out of bed. Where does Malanowski come up with this stuff?”

—Paul Begala, contributor to CNN’s The Situation Room and author of Is Our Children Learning?: The Case Against George W. Bush --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Doubleday; First Edition first Printing edition (July 17, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0385520484
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385520485
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #130,501 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Coup has impressed everyone, not just me., November 26, 2007
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5.0 out of 5 stars As good as satire gets., October 8, 2007
What Malanowski is able to accomplish with The Coup is rare. He gives the reader an insider's view in to the broad scope of D.C. arenas where deals are made, and it feels strangely authentic, even though the prose is so tight as to provide almost no exposition at all.
I loved this book. It's sarcastic, slick, scary, and even a little romantic. A LOT better than your average airplane read, this book is a must-buy if you love politics, satire, and snappy and smart writing.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious but Sobering, August 21, 2007
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I agree with the previous reviewers who note that, while this is a biting and funny political satire, Malanowski's imagined bloodless coup doesn't seem so farfetched. In fact, he makes the gaslighting sound easy. The Coup is seamless, and very entertaining. I think it works especially well because Malanowski gets the details right.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Quick read, but will not date well
I was interested in this book because I knew that the author, Jamie Malanowski, had been founding member of the wonderful "Spy" magazine in the late 80s, so I was hoping for... Read more
Published 12 months ago by C. Huddleston

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally Credible, Equally Scary
Leave aside the fact that Malanowski has written a totally credible scenario for DC political intrigue, with characters who are life-like composites of public figures that... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Neal Rechtman

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and Timely Read
Loved this book. It was a real page turner, frighteningly realistic (in parts) and very timely given the state of American politics. Highly Recommend!
Published 21 months ago by Lisa Tane

4.0 out of 5 stars An actual satisfying ending, how rare!
It reads fast and loose, like a particularly juicy episode of the West Wing, only there's no sacchraine ending served up to make everyone feel good. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Bryan Abrams

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
I tore through this in about four hours. Malanowski, a writer for Spy back in the golden age, creates a story about a vice-president sharper than everyone around him, who decides... Read more
Published 22 months ago by C. Farnsworth

5.0 out of 5 stars Cynical about politicians?
Have you become disillusioned by politicians who use shenanigans and dirty tricks to get elected or attain higher office? Read more
Published 23 months ago by Francis S. Nowicki

5.0 out of 5 stars Imagine a sexy Dick Cheney
Try to imagine a sexy Dick Cheney. It's not easy, of course, but Jamie Malanowski starts with that premise and takes us for a hell of a ride in this novel of political satire and... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Brian Sorgatz

5.0 out of 5 stars Politcal Satire at Its Best
A quick, fun read. The author cleverly weaves together a string of events that, in the wake of the scandals of the last 10 years, are, unfortunately, all too possible. Read more
Published on August 20, 2007 by Joshua B. Parker

5.0 out of 5 stars The Coup is brutally funny.
Jamie Malanowski's book is draconian and had me laughing from the first page through the last. Highly recommended.
Published on August 14, 2007 by C. Tutaj

5.0 out of 5 stars Politics! Sex! Intrigue! Oh, My!
It's hard to top the so-wacky-they-must-be-true dramas to come out of Washington this past decade, from Monicagate to the Looney Tunes/Merry Melodies combo currently in the White... Read more
Published on August 11, 2007 by Sebastian

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