The Weed Agency - by Jim Geraghty (Paperback)

About the Book

"The little-known USDA Agency of Invasive Species -- founded by President and humble peanut farmer Jimmy Carter -- would like to reassure you that they rank among the most effective and cost-efficient offices within the sprawling federal bureaucracy. For decades, under Administrative Director Adam Humphrey and his "strategic disengagement" approach, the Agency has epitomized vigilance against the clear and present danger of noxious weeds. Humphrey's record of triumphant inertia faces only two obstacles. The first is reality; the second is the loud critic who dares to question the magic behind the Agency's success: Nicholas Bader. Formerly known as President Reagan's "bloody right hand," Bader is on an obsessive quest to trim the fat from the federal budget. Full of oddball characters who shed light on the daily operations of Beltway minions, THE WEED AGENCY satirically showcases a world in which federal budgets balloon every year, where a career can be built upon the skill of rationalizing astronomical expenses, and where the word 'accountability' sends roars of laughter through DC office buildings. That's life inside Jim Geraghty's federal Agency of Invasive Species... and it may sound suspiciously similar to your reality"--

Book Synopsis

The spellbinding mock history of the Department of Agriculture's most secretive and vital agency.

The little-known USDA Agency of Invasive Species--founded by President and humble peanut farmer Jimmy Carter--would like to reassure you that they rank among the most effective and cost-efficient offices within the sprawling federal bureaucracy. For decades, under Administrative Director Adam Humphrey and his "strategic disengagement" approach, the Agency has epitomized vigilance against the clear and present danger of noxious weeds. Humphrey's record of triumphant inertia faces only two obstacles. The first is reality; the second is the loud critic who dares to question the magic behind the Agency's success: Nicholas Bader. Formerly known as President Reagan's "bloody right hand," Bader is on an obsessive quest to trim the fat from the federal budget.

Full of oddball characters who shed light on the daily operations of Beltway minions, The Weed Agency showcases a world in which federal budgets balloon every year, where a career can be built upon the skill of rationalizing astronomical expenses, and where the word "accountability" sends roars of laughter through DC office buildings. That's life inside the federal Agency of Invasive Species... and it may sound suspiciously similar to your reality.

Review Quotes

"Jim Geraghty is smart, funny, compelling, entertaining...and his book does real damage to liberals if thrown hard enough." - Governor Bobby Jindal

"A conservative comic romp through the toughest corridors of federal bureaucracy....a fun glimpse into the fake-but-accurate world of bureaucratic infighting." - Jake Tapper, Author of The Outpost

"The Weed Agency brilliantly captures the absurdity of the real Washington. It is, as they say, funny because it's true." - Jonah Goldberg, Author of The Tyranny of Clichés

"Geraghty captures the hilarious realities of Washington waste brilliantly. And we all need to laugh at Washington to stop from crying." -S.E.Cupp, author of Losing Our Religion and CNN Host

"Jim Geraghty absolutely nails it. You'll want to believe this book is fiction, but in your heart you know so much of it - too much of it - is all too hilariously real." - Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Order

About the Author

Jim Geraghty is a blogger and contributing editor at National Review, and writes columns for the New York Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Guardian. He's the author of the daily newsletter The Morning Jolt. He resides in Alexandria, Virginia.