As a former (and sometimes current) Washingtonian, I can say Leibovich hits the nail on the head and makes us laugh (and cringe) all through the book. May be too "inside the Beltway" for some readers. If you don't know the term "inside the Beltway" this book may not be for you. But give it a try - you'll know right off the bat, if it's for you. If it is, it will keep you entertained right to the end. Not a novel. You may want to watch (the US version of) "House of Cards" first and save "This Town" for some intellectual comic/dramatic relief afterwards.

The egos, greed and arrogance of Wash DC were amusing for a while but finally became depressing.

Great book and very interesting. The key flaw is that while Leibovich is criticizing the Washington culture the entire time for being too self-obsessed and self-promoting, he is basically doing the same thing himself, using nicknames and name-dropping to show that he is as much a part of This Town as anyone he's criticizing.

Makes you miss Tim Russert.

Wish we could send off W. D.. C to some planet and they they would leave us alone. Very discouraged about all the politicking that goes on and the self-interest.

“This Town” reads as if you are sitting on the author’s shoulder as he gossips at the corner bar with colleagues. He’s chatty, irreverent, sarcastic, and brilliantly funny as he tosses around media-insider nicknames for the “media-politico industrial complex,” mostly without any particular malice. Outright phonies do not fare well. He charts the careers of dozens of players, but keeps coming back to the theme of Washington DC being a place where the same 500 people constantly repurpose themselves as they pursue bigger and bigger jackpots of cash. I think the book works best for readers who have followed the political scene closely on cable TV and the internet. I was unfamiliar with many of the less famous people he writes about and skipped some passages for lack of interest. All in all, though, a fascinating read.

Under a guise of humor Leibovich puts the knife into all. Two chapters and I closed the book.

Well written insights into the self serving bubble of Washington, DC. Puts the sound bites and faces from the evening news into a different and unflattering light.