In a piece about I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President Cheney’s chief of staff, the USA Today reports that in 1996 Libby published a novel set in Japan called “The Apprentice.”
Previously, Libby revealed that he may want to become a fiction writer after leaving government, which may come sooner rather than later. From the USA Today story:
He told CNN’s Larry King that he considered himself fully on Cheney’s team, “but there’s always a novel kicking around in the back somewhere.” And he told The New York Times, “I do occasionally dream of just becoming a novelist and sitting on Crete and drinking odd-named wines.”
An excerpt from “The Apprentice” shows Libby’s sensitive side:
She remained still. His face inside her kimono was bathed in her warmth and the moisture of her skin…Unwilling to show his discomfort, he kissed her softly as he moved that she would think that was his purpose and he felt her body soften, but she remained frozen as she was, her head above him in the air.
Libby isn’t the first conservative to include “romantic” scenes in a fiction novel. Bill O’Reilly did just that in “Those Who Trespass : A Novel of Television and Murder.” While we’d like to show our readers an example or two, the excerpts would be a little too hot for ThinkProgress.
Note to parents: Right-wing fiction may be unsuitable for children.
UPDATE: Copies of Libby’s book are available for as little as 53 cents.
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