Admit This to No One: Collected Stories

I enjoyed this collection of linked short stories. They revolve–maybe orbit would be a better word–around an unlikable character who happens to be the Speaker of the House of Representatives, but the stories themselves are about some of the people around him–daughters from different marriages, his chief of staff, another staffer. Much of the book is set in Washington DC (like my own novel in stories, WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW) and because of the Speaker's position the stories are often about the power some people have over others and how that power is used. Terrific book.