Mark Leibovich is the guest. His new book, This Town, is a #1 New York Times bestseller. It's available now from Blue Rider Press. Politico says “Not since Truman Capote’s Answered Prayers knocked New York society on its heels with its thinly fictionalized revelations of real players who had thought the author was their friend has a book so riled a city’s upper echelons.” And The Financial Times says “Like a modern-day Balzac to US capital power players….hilarious….perceptive.” Monologue topics: mail, Max Millwood, voicemail, three-ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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