The Setting: Washington, Hollywood and the landscape of the America Republic. The Stars: Bill and Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush. Al Gore, John McCain, Ken Starr and Monica Lewinsky. The Supporting Players: Beatty, James Carville, Sharon Stone, Larry Flint, Vernon Jordan, Linda Tripp, Matt Drudge and Bob Packwood (with cameos by Richard Nixon and Farrah Fawcett, Eleanor Roosevelt and David Geffen, Robert Evans and Richard Gere). The Story: An up-close and personal nook at the people who run our world, American Rhapsody is a tale filled with humor, tragedy, suspense, absurdity and high drama. And, of course, lots of sex! In American Rhapsody, Eszterhas masterfully combines comprehensive research with insight, honesty and an astonishing ability to use fiction to reveal ultimate truths. This is an audio that flouts virtually every rule, yet joins a rich journalistic tradition distinguished by such writers as Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe and Jack Kerouac.