The Prince Of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting In Washington

Wednesday, January 23, 7 p.m.

Glendale Public Library Auditorium
222 East Harvard Street, Glendale (818) 548-2042

A FREE event sponsored by the Friends of the Glendale Public Library

The barbs start flying on page one in conservative journalist and pundit Robert D. Novak's book, The Prince Of Darkness. Novak, one of the most influential political reporters of our era, recounts his journey from Associated Press cub reporter to "Novak's Inside Report," one of the longest-running syndicated columns in the nation. His remarkable career has also made him a well-known face on television news programs such as Cross Fire, Capital Gang and Meet The Press. The Prince Of Darkness begins with Novak's first in-person encounter with Joseph Wilson, in the green room of NBC¹s Meet the Press in 2003. Wilson and his wife, Valerie Plame, would eventually form the center of a major career-jeopardizing controversy for Novak, who details the fallout of his column "outing" Plame as a CIA agent and expresses no regrets. Novak's characteristic bluntness reigns throughout as he recalls fifty years of political reporting. He is frank and unapologetic about his work, his viewpoints, and his personal shortcomings. True to his conservative beliefs and sentiments, he traces the trajectory of Republican influence and his disagreement with Republican presidents. Novak also traces the growth of Washington from a sleepy town to a power center, prone to treacherous machinations.

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