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May 24, 2005
The DCist Book Review: ‘The Washingtonienne’
This DCist really, really wanted to hate “The Washingtonienne”. The Victoria’s Secret cover, the awfulness of the extremely loose typesetting, the sub-par press release, the ridiculously overpriced hardcover for a book that’s supposedly a beach read: all were good reasons to bring the hate. But you know what? We finished the book in a day. And enjoyed it. It’s not literature, and it only just barely qualifies for that awful Publisher’s Weekly category that is…