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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
It was described as a great book for the times, focusing on American scoundrels in verse and referencing political figures, specifically Trump and his associates, in a satirical manner.
And his new book, it's really terrific. It's called "A Confederacy of Dumptys", Portraits of American Scoundrels in Verse and it's available right now.
— Episode: John Lithgow
Episode: John Lithgow
It was described as a great book for the times, focusing on American scoundrels in verse and referencing political figures, specifically Trump and his associates, in a satirical manner.
And his new book, it's really terrific. It's called "A Confederacy of Dumptys", Portraits of American Scoundrels in Verse and it's available right now.
And I think it's a great book for these times.
If you want to feel better about where we are now, I suggest you check out John Lithgow's "A Confederacy of Dumptys", because in a strange way, it reminds you that yeah, it's bad right now, but do you want to check out some of these other people that we encountered?
His statues and his monuments are disappearing fast, a stern reminder to us all that glory doesn't last.
You needn't be kindest or cleanest or purest, just don't ever rankle a caricaturist.