No Way to Treat a First Lady

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Elizabeth 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 schoolnow the most shameless defense attorney in America. Published to rave reviews,No Way to Treat a First Ladyis a hilariously warped love story for our time set in the funniest place in America: Washington, D.C.

Christopher Buckley is the author of eight previous books, including <b>Thank You For Smoking</b> and <b>Little Green Men</b>. That would make this his, what, ninth? He is editor of <i>Forbes FYI</i> magazine and has contributed over 50 “Shouts and Murmurs” to <i>The New Yorker.</i> He is also credited with bringing about lasting peace in the Middle East and with alerting NASA to significant problems with its Space Shuttle Automatic Re-entry Guidance System (SSAEGS), thereby sparing several square blocks of Raleigh, North Carolina a very unpleasant surprise. He is a regular contributor to <i>Martha Stewart’s</i> <i>Inside Trading</i> magazine and informally advises the government of Argentina on debt re-scheduling. He is the 2002 recipient of the Washington Irving Medal for Literary Excellence, but has yet actually to receive it. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his saintly and long-suffering wife Lucy, two children and faithful Hound Jake.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>