Over Easy posted:

1876 and Burr by the immaculate Gore Vidal (and from the excellent American Empire series) are CSPAMMY as all hell. The founding fathers are largely inept, the rich are venal perverts. The words are clever and history comes alive. Both feature stables of double entendre.

1876 really showcases how finance bought Washington DC, using that disputed election to show that America is built for rich bastards and the rest of us look like rubes for going along with this poo poo for so long.