The Wolves of K Street

“An instant classic—deeply reported, powerfully told and profoundly important. It’s one of the best books I’ve read on Washington in many years.” —Peter Baker, New York Times bestselling author of The Man Who Ran Washington“A not-so-guilty pleasure…. The Mullins brothers cleverly set up their story as a mystery… with considerable narrative skill and novelistic detail.” —James B. Stewart, The New York Times “A vivid, brilliantly told tale that unfolds like a novel, this is the most potent portrait of the Washington swamp you will read.” —Ken Auletta, New York Times bestselling author of Googled“If you want to understand how American democracy went off the rails, all you need to do is read this book.” —Christopher Leonard, New York Times bestselling author of The Lords of Easy Money“Absorbing…. This is the deep state.” —Franklin Foer, The Atlantic“Engrossing…. Smoothly written, meticulously researched, The Wolves of K Street informs and mesmerizes.” —The Guardian“A fast-paced deep dive into a world of greed and ambition, inhabited by a uniquely fascinating group of wheelers and dealers. The Wolves of K Street is a history of not only how money and power have influenced American politics, but how the work of lobbyists touches the lives of every American.” —Kate Andersen Brower, New York Times bestselling author of The Residence“One of the most amazing developments in modern American politics is how Donald Trump’s Republican Party seems to have supplanted FDR’s Democratic Party as the political home of the ‘working man.’ … Anyone who wants to understand this transformation should read Brody and Luke Mullins’s new book.” —The Washington Free Beacon“However nefarious you think the lobbying industry is in Washington, Brody and Luke Mullins have news: It’s worse. Not even during the Roaring Twenties and the Gilded Age did corporate American wield so much influence. In their deeply reported, compelling new book, the Mullins brothers track how that happened, and the disastrous consequences.” —Susan Page, New York Times bestselling author of The Matriarch“This is nothing less than the definitive history of how corporate lobbyists took over Washington. The Mullins brothers have brought us the story of how Washington really works—and for whom.” —Jonathan Martin, New York Times bestselling coauthor of This Will Not Pass

Brody Mullins is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter. He spent nearly two decades covering the intersection of business and politics for The Wall Street Journal.

Luke Mullins is a contributing writer at Politico magazine, where he covers the people and institutions that control Washington’s levers of power.