Short List: A One-Eyed Mack Novel

One-Eyed Mack #5

by Jim Lehrer

Moments before he is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention, Oklahoma Governor Buffalo Joe Hayman falls ill. Life is never the same for lieutenant governor One-Eyed Mack, who steps in to deliver the speech that concludes with an appeal for the return of the state's missing mummy. Suddenly Mack's name is being passed around as a possible vice-president. This is a comic, clever, fast-paced satire of politics told and read by one of this county's best known commentators.

Genres: Fiction

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First published January 1, 1992

About the author

James Charles Lehrer was an American journalist and the news anchor for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS, known for his role as a frequent debate moderator during elections. Lehrer was an author of non-fiction and fiction, drawing from his experiences and interests in history and politics.

Reviews

[Barbara Nutting · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book 5 in this series and my final one. This was the best - written in 1992 it could have been written about this past summer of political conventions. Talk about spot on - it was uncanny. Jim Lehrer sure knows his politics and how to satirize it. Best lines in the book - when asked why he had changed his name from Donald to Mack - he replied, which do you like better - Mack as in truck or Donald as in duck?? Too apropos!! Definitely read these 7 books in order, I didn't because my library didn't have two of them and I had to order from Amazon. I'm going to miss the One-Eyed-Mack!!

[Melva · Rating 5 out of 5]

Entertaining book. No matter what your politics are, I couldn't help but think of Sarah Palin as I read this book. Though written decades before she came on the political scene, this is a humorous look at One-eyed Mack's rise to sudden fame.

[Jemera Rone · Rating 5 out of 5]

very funny but I had to leave it behind when I moved in September and did not finish it