About the book: 2008 / The career of the brilliant satirist Christopher Buckley developed rapidly: at twenty-four he was already the executive editor of Esquire magazine, at twenty-nine he published his first bestseller and gets the position of speechwriter for George H. W. Bush, and for the last twenty years has headed Forbes Life magazine. Of his eleven novels, five immediately became bestsellers, and nine were “Notable Books of the Year” according to the New York Times. His greatest fame was brought to him by the book “They Smoke Here” and its Hollywood film adaptation. In “The Day of the Boomerang,” Buckley makes full use of his journalistic experience and thorough knowledge of American political cuisine. His characters include the director of a successful PR agency, a computer tycoon, a high-ranking Catholic figure and even the President of the United States, “a sinner and an old bawdy,” as he calls himself. Well, at the center of events is young Cassandra, whose extraordinary plan to solve the country’s financial problems becomes the core of a dizzying pre-election intrigue.