Lapham's Rules of Influence: A Careerist's Guide to Success, Status, and Self-Congratulation |Lewis H. Lapham

As the editor of Harper's Magazine , Lewis Lapham has enjoyed entrée to America's "cultural elite," a class distinguished by its talent for currying favor, licking boots, and kissing ass. Now, in this scathingly funny and politically incorrect self-help book, Mr. Lapham offers his best advice to aspiring careerists seeking to ride in helicopters and see themselves on television.