Ebook {Epub PDF} Echo House by Ward Just

In Echo House, Ward Just drills down into the lives of three generations in a family of Washington power-brokers. The picture he paints is troubling even though it’s illuminating. Where real power lies Presidents habitually complain they have far less power than the public might think/5(45).  · An epic chronicle of three generations of Washington power brokers and the women who loved them (except when they didn't), Echo House is Ward Just's masterpiece. The Washington Post described it as "a fascinating if ultimately painful fairy tale, complete with a family curse. The decline of the Behls represents the decline of Washington from the bright dawn of the American century into the Brand: HMH Books. Echo House by Just, Ward and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru

An epic chronicle of American political fortunes, Ward Just's twelfth novel is his masterpiece, realized through the minds and pulses of men and women who strive to save the nation--or themselves. "Echo House" takes readers through a maze of furtive power alliances and misalliances, involving two dozen characters from one Washington, D.C. By Ward Just. Echo House. Binding - fine, unread, new. Book is square, tight, and clean throughout with no wear. Dust jacket - Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket is crisp and bright with no creasing, chipping or tears, and is protected by a clear mylar cover. Mr. Ward's novel "Echo House," about three generations in a family of Washington power brokers, was a finalist for a National Book Award in when Ward Just and several relatives.

By WARD JUST Houghton Mifflin Company. Read the Review. The Girl on the Bicycle. Axel Behl and his son dined alone on Thanksgiving Day, Sylvia Behl had vacated in August, living in Europe, people suspected, though no one knew for sure except possibly Axel, and no one dared ask him. Sylvia was gone. Sylvia was a closed subject. The 12th novel by the former journalist and Washington insider whose savvy analyses of power politics and related human imbroglios include Stringer () and The American Ambassador (). The mansion the title denotes is both home and showplace for three generations of the Behl family, Washington power brokers whose careers are enhanced and personal lives compromised by their talents for. Book Echo House by Ward Just published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This family saga from a National Book Award finalist is a “brilliantly orchestrated tale of several generations of Washington, D.C., insiders” (Booklist).