Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2020-10-16 Public domain in the USA. 1044 Lait, Jack 1882 1954 Mortimer, Lee 1904 1963 51009812 Washington Confidential Produced by Tim Lindell, Charlie Howard, Emmanuel d'Alzon Library (Assumption College) and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "Washington Confidential" by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer is a revealing and controversial exposé written in the early 1950s. This book offers a gritty look at the underbelly of Washington, D.C., exploring issues of corruption, vice, and the peculiarities of life in the nation’s capital. Through their journalistic lens, the authors promise an unfiltered narrative that challenges the sanitized image of Washington as the seat of political power. The opening of "Washington Confidential" sets the stage for this exploration by framing the city as a paradox. Lait and Mortimer share their intent to dissect Washington, revealing it as a place of stark contradictions—architectural beauty alongside moral decay. They describe how Washington's political landscape is intertwined with vice, crime, and an extraordinary excess of government employees who engage in dubious activities. Their tone is acerbic and satirical, giving readers a sense that much of what lies beneath the surface of this capital city is overshadowed by a casual acceptance of vice, hinting at a darker reality far removed from the official narratives of governance and reform. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 63.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel F106 Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Politics Category: Journalism/Media/Writing 893527 2025-09-25T07:45:53.676926 text/html 852776 2024-10-18T07:15:05 text/html 1024906 2025-09-25T07:46:07.407325 application/epub+zip 1021536 2025-09-25T07:45:56.146874 application/epub+zip 501757 2025-09-25T07:45:54.873882 application/epub+zip 2102683 2025-09-25T07:46:15.350275 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2027217 2025-09-25T07:46:05.921360 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 652795 2022-09-28T16:19:30.534440 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 776947 2025-09-25T07:45:51.879900 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 757034 2024-10-18T07:15:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17402 2025-09-25T07:46:15.507315 application/rdf+xml 22124 2025-09-25T07:45:55.086885 image/jpeg 3164 2025-09-25T07:45:54.982914 image/jpeg 1097455 2025-09-25T07:45:53.750926 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia en.wikipedia