The Washington Dossier Stories

Warren Adler

Diplomacy, ethics,  and passion clash in these chronicles  of the social scene in the nation's capital.

These stories are ones that I wrote about the Washington scene when my wife Sunny edited the Dossier Magazine, once the "bible" of social life in the Nation's Capital.

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The Grace of Her Exit

Nothing is more hurtful than social rejection in official Washington, a land of strict protocol and ever ascending and descending social status as power figures ebb and wane. In this treasure of a story by Warren Adler, an uninvited guest and a powerful hostess confront each other revealing the inherent cruelty of the system.

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The Democratic Family

The moral dilemma posed by the temptations of political bribery is offered up raw in this story of an elected official who consults his family as he wrestles with whether or not to accept badly needed money from an old friend seeking favors. Another in a series of Warren Adler short stories offering powerful insights into the Washington scene.

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Playing the Game

One of a priceless series of short stories from Warren Adler about the rarely revealed behind the scenes peccadilloes of official Washington. An arrogant bureaucrat thinks he can take sexual advantage of one of his ambitious underling's wives. Unfortunately, to his misfortune, he underestimates the woman's counterattack.

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Her Moment

Another in a series from Warren Adler who reports about the intimate looks into the sexual mores of official Washington and the erotic stimulation of power. In this delightful story, a woman proudly recalls her adulterous sexual experience with a womanizing ex-President and uses the story to enhance her allure to a potential lover.

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The Toast

All formal dinner toasts are meant to flatter the host or hostess along strict protocol lines. In this wonderful Warren Adler Washington short story, one of series of behind-the-scenes revelations of life in the Nation's Capital, the toast giver rejects such a carefully scripted offering and decides to tell the assemblage the "truth", flying in the face of traditional diplomacy.

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The Sale

Rejected wives of political figures in Washington often take up using their connections to sell real estate, mostly to politicians and their wives arriving in the nation's capital for the first time. In this insightful story, a divorced wife of a politician sells more than real estate to an innocent naïve first-timer. Here is another gem in the Warren Adler short story series about Washington.

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Wise Counsel

Quentin Hadley had come to Washington with the whiz kids, Franklin Roosevelt's bright boys. And if you are privy enough to enter Washington's socially elite circles, you can still see Quentin and his wife, this fossilized political couple, reminiscing on the good old days of Harry, Ike, and John. Another in the series of Washingtonian short stories that captures these fleeting and truly insider D.C. moments.

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The Vase

In Washington D.C., where you are distinguished by the parties you throw and by the ones that you are invited to, it can be devastating to both your image and career to not have your guest of honor show up. The wife of a struggling politician learns the hard way how her husband ranks on the stepladder of power. Another in the series of story stories that captures this insider's view of how the rich and mighty live in Washington D.C.

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