Nicolle Wallace, 2010. (AP/Rogelio V. Solis) "Eighteen Acres" by Nicolle Wallace. (Atria Books) Once again, time to play "Who's Who" in the latest Washington roman a clef: "Eighteen Acres," Nicolle Wallace's savvy novel about heartbreak, drama and drudgery inside the White House complex. The GOP insider (Wallace worked as communications director for George W. Bush and campaign adviser for John McCain and Sarah Palin) spins a tale about the first female president, a moderate Republican from California. "She may be the biggest fantasy in the book," Wallace told us Wednesday. "We may be further away from electing a moderate than we are from electing a woman." The characters are, of course, "entirely fictional" but some are less fictional than others. President Charlotte Kramer is obviously inspired by Hillary Clinton: Wallace genuinely admires Clinton, especially how gracefully she weathered her husband's infidelity as first lady, and assorted indignities during her
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