THE WASHINGTONIENNE

Cutler's book is a lewd, boisterously smutty, funny, observant Washington tell-all. Reader Dia Shepardson injects her narration with a wild and woolly devil-may-care abandonment, and a dizzying pace that keeps up with the amorous adventures of Washington intern Jacqueline Turner, whose nightlife supersedes her activities on the Hill. Shepardson slows down a bit to coyly but cynically show Jackie's decision to put it all out there in a blog, which scandalizes the Capitol gang, gets her fired, and ostracized. However, it also makes her a media darling with a book offer. If this sounds familiar, it's because the author blogged her sexual exploits last year and ended up in the same sweet spot as her heroine. M.T.B. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine [Published: JUN/ JUL 06]