Primary colors : a novel of politics

"The electoral campaign of a Southern governor for the presidency of the United States. The novel follows a governor as he mixes calculation with sincerity, dodges a draft-controversy bullet, gorges on barbecues, poaches off others' plates, seduces the occasional innocent bystander and confronts the resulting sex scandals."
"Young Henry Burton gets an education in modern American presidential politics when he becomes an aide in the campaign of Jack Stanton, governor of a small southern state, for our nation's highest office."@en
"Henry Burton is going through a precocious mid-life crisis. He's wondering what to do next with his Beltway experience and abilities when the governer of a small Southern state offers him a campaign-staff job. What follows for Henry is an education in modern American electoral politics."