No Way to Treat a First Lady by Christopher Buckley (ISBN:0375758755)

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		No Way to Treat a First Lady: A Novel
	
				(22 reviews)			
(325 Readers)

			Christopher Buckley		
	
A New York Times Notable Book of the YearElizabeth Tyler MacMann, the ambitious First Lady of the United States (and known in the tabloids as “Lady...more
 A New York Times Notable Book of the YearElizabeth Tyler MacMann, the ambitious First Lady of the United States (and known in the tabloids as “Lady Bethmac”), is on trial for the death of her philandering husband, and the only man who can save her is the boyfriend she jilted in law school—now the most shameless defense attorney in America. Published to rave reviews, No Way to Treat a First Lady is a hilariously warped love story for our time set in the funniest place in America: Washington, D.C.   less

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Very funny social commentary. A good quick read when in need of laughs.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
so hilarious! loved it!

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
My first novel in a long while, aside from financial books. It is hilarious.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Very entertaining read with a funny twist at the end. Enjoyed reading it very much.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Buckley continues to be the funniest political satirists I know of.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Buckley never fails to deliver a hilarious story with a great flow. I'd dare say I enjoyed it more than Thank You For Smoking, if only for the deviousness -- or is it resourcefulness-- of Boyce Baylor. I respect his sense of self-preservation.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
The reason I began reading this book is attributed to the author's name that is slapped on the cover. Christopher Buckley is responsible for the book Thank You For Smoking, which was later adapted into a hilarious and rather syndicated film of the same name. 'No Way to Treat a First Lady' is a satirical spin-off of a realistic situation that occurred in 1997. (Is the name "Monica Lewinsky"...more
 The reason I began reading this book is attributed to the author's name that is slapped on the cover. Christopher Buckley is responsible for the book Thank You For Smoking, which was later adapted into a hilarious and rather syndicated film of the same name. 'No Way to Treat a First Lady' is a satirical spin-off of a realistic situation that occurred in 1997. (Is the name "Monica Lewinsky" ringing a bell?) If you are interested by wit, law or politics, give this one a go.   hide

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Generally I'm not big on anything political (as far as my pleasure reading goes).  I'm not big on law novels, and I'm not very often impressed by satire.

But, this book was A TON of fun to read and I loved every minute of it.  It was clever and entertaining and the next trip to a bookstore I take, I'll be coming home with as many other Buckley books as I can find.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
A textbook example of how to do satire.  It captures perfectly the spirit of the moment in which it was written and manages - impressively - to skewer the media circus of celebrity trials, a philandering POTUS and the shifting winds of public opinion.  A delicious read.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
While it's not quite up to the standards of his other novels, this is still a decent satirical novel about the First Lady's "trial of the century" for the murder of the President. My only serious complaint is that the ending is a little too absurd and requires a sudden change in direction.

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