POLITICS BUZZ: Curtis Sittenfeld is about to release a controversial book purported to be based on Laura Bush’s life. There’s actually a scene where Charlie’s (a.k.a. George W. Bush’s) penis is described in grotesquely intimate detail. Shudder.

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1. Literary Fiction Fused with Juicy Gossip - Read Some of the Seedy Excerpts
2. Becoming Laura Bush: “American Wife” Featured in the New York Times Blog
3. This Book is Absolutely Tantalizing
4. Two Questions For Curtis Sittenfeld About Her New Laura Bush-Inspired Book ‘American Wife’
5. It’s So Good (I Got an Advanced Copy)
6. Sittenfeld’s Debut Novel Was One Of My Favorite Books