Christopher Buckley - Supreme Courtship
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Called the “quintessential political novelist of his time,” by Fortune magazine and “one of the funniest writers in the English language,” by Tom Wolfe, Christopher Buckley was once chief speechwriter for then-Vice President George H.W. Bush. A winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, Buckley’s bestselling novels skewering American politics include Boomsday and Thank You for Smoking, which was adapted into an acclaimed feature film. In Supreme Courtship, the President of the United States, ticked off at the Senate for rejecting his nominees, decides to get even by nominating America’s most popular TV judge to the Supreme Court—and succeeds.
Meelya Gordon Memorial Lecture
Parkway Central Library
1901 Vine Street (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway)
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-567-4341