The Company (Ehrlichman novel)

For the 2002 novel by Robert Littell, see The Company (Littell novel). For the 1979 novella by Samuel Beckett, see Company (novella). For the 2006 novel by Max Barry, see Company (novel).
The Company
First edition
AuthorJohn Ehrlichman
LanguageEnglish
GenrePolitical fiction
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
1976
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)

The Company is a political fiction roman à clef novel written by John Ehrlichman, a former close aide to President Richard Nixon and a figure in the Watergate scandal, first published in 1976 by Simon & Schuster. The title is an insider nickname for the Central Intelligence Agency. The plot is loosely based on events leading up to the Watergate coverup, centered on Nixon administration attempts to cover up its own illegal activity and that of the CIA dating back to the Kennedy administration. Although all characters are fictional, most are based on real-life political figures, and journalists such as columnist Jack Anderson.

The book was critical of Nixon depicting the fictional president Monckton as a paranoid alcoholic, but places the blame for his downfall as the result of CIA conspiracy.[1]

  1. ^ Richard Reeves (10 May 1976). "New York Magazine". Newyorkmetro.com. New York Media, LLC: 3. ISSN 0028-7369. Retrieved 2022-07-11.