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All the books by Joe Klein adapted to cinema and television

Joe Klein is known for being the author of the book Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics, first published in 1996, which was adapted to cinema by Mike Nichols in 1998.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
Primary Colors. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1996 book, Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics
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Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics
Joe Klein, 1996
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Primary Colors
Mike Nichols, 1998

Young political idealist, and grandson of civil rights leader, Henry Burton, is recruited to join the campaign of Jack Stanton, a charismatic Southern governor who is trying to win the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States. The campaign is then rocked by a fresh allegation when Jack’s old friend, Fat Willie McCollister approaches Henry to tell him that his 17-year-old daughter Loretta, who worked for the Stantons as a babysitter, is pregnant and that Jack is the father.