| #1229679 in Books | 2010-08-03 | 2010-08-03 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.75 x.80 x5.69l,.67 | File type: PDF | 288 pages||1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Breezy look at Israel's diplomatic underbelly|By Stephen Fuchs|Mr. Levey must be extremely bright to juggle law school and a job writing speeches for Israel at the UN at the smae time. The book moves quickly and is interesting, Doesn't paint a pretty picture of Israel's diplomatic mission or life in Israel for that matter. As a lover of Israel I found that sad, but I can cer||"A funny, sometimes horrifying look at the inner workings of international government agencies.... [Levey] makes speechwriting seem cooler than even Aaron Sorkin imagined.... Read it for the hilarity and the keen portraiture, but try to pretend these people do
When twenty-five-year-old law student Gregory Levey applied for an internship at the Israeli Consulate, he got more than he’d bargained for. The speechwriter for the Israeli delegation to the United Nations quit, and Levey was asked to fill the vacancy. The situation got even stranger when he was transferred to Jerusalem to write speeches for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Shut Up, I’m Talking is the startling account of Levey’s journey in...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Shut Up, I'm Talking: And Other Diplomacy Lessons I Learned in the Israeli Government--A Memoir | Gregory Levey. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
