As The Kid Goes For Broke

Plot

"From Washington to California to Peking, it is hard to tell as one follows the fortunes of the Doonesbury cast just where the wages of political education are most agonizing. Perhaps on Capitol Hill, where Congressman Ventura must explain what he was doing in a motel with an employee of no known qualifications other than clear diction and admirable posture. Or in Berkeley, where Virginia Slade's run for Congress stumbles over the quaint but effective campaign of a bluestocking Republican WASP, and Joanie Caucus goes for broke with wizard political reporter Rick Redfern. Or perhaps it is most painful in mainland China, where Uncle Duke must undergo appendectomy by acupuncture, then try to improve his betting line on the governmental hierarchy with a cram course in Shanghai wall posters. Wherever, one thing is abundantly clear, the only cartoon strip to win a Pulitzer Prize gets ever more delightfully opportunistic." -- Back cover