{"product_id":"political-fiction-the-spirit-of-age-and-allen-drury-paperback-1","title":"Political Fiction, the Spirit of Age, and Allen Drury - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Kemme\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe President of the United States, says the Constitution, cannot act in many specified instances without the \"advice and consent\" of Congress. But \"advice\" is not a strong word. And taking or not taking advice is a fairly nebulous situation . . . creating an instability, a fundamental ambiguity, at the very heart of power, between the Congress and the President. It is this instability, and this wide-openness, that allows the free play of the more intangible types of power that begin where the constitution breaks off: sex, personality, and character. Things which are left out of civics textbooks are what Allen Drury took as his subject in such novels as \u003ci\u003eAdvise and Consent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Shade of Difference\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCapable of Honor\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 258\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47685298127069,"sku":"9780879723743","price":21.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/Y2gEYSV9xq9780879723743_6a2d1255-c9ae-41c9-89ef-c12872c72964.webp?v=1774008263","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/political-fiction-the-spirit-of-age-and-allen-drury-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}