Imperial Caddy: The Rise of Dan Quayle in America and the Decline and Fall of Practically Everything Else

by Joe Queenan

Book Overview

A humorous look at Vice President Quayle discusses wife Marilyn, the ten stupidest people in Washington after Dan Quayle, and other less-than-intelligent V.P.s throughout history. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1562829394
• ISBN13: 9781562829391
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Hyperion Books
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Damn funny, and a bit scary

Many a year after boy-Quayle has been out of the public eye this book is still a treat. Queenan does a nice little touch of history of the VP while adding nice little bits of humour. In this day and age of stupid people (um, Bush, um, Ashcroft, um, Powell...scary) this book helps you laugh a bit at these fools that lead the nation. Plus maybe question it a bit. Enjoy!

Not Dan!

As surprising as it may be, this book quickly moves off Dan Quayle and all his idiosyncracies, and concentrates on a satirical/humourous account of the office of the Vice President. And it is intersting from an academic point of view, but also in the various curiosities that Queenan points out, for eg, that Indiana holds the record for the number of VPs of any US state. I thoroughtly recommend this book, as an introduction to a US political office that has received scant political attention - when it should be just as important - especailly during the election cyncial - as to who is the rtunning mate and what qualifications etc they have should the president no longer able to fulfill their position.

Not really about Dan Quayle

This book about Dan Quayle is not really about Dan Quayle. It is about the politcal life of the United States. The author just uses Dan Quayle as the pirism which he looks thru at the world of politcs and life in. It takes a bunch of pop shots at Quayle, but then, you knew that when you picked the book up.Basically, the conclusion of the book is the the United States and the world can survive bad leadership. It has survived it in the past, and it can darn well surive it in the future. It is also a very funny book. Which makes you want to read it.