Trail Fever: Spin Doctors, Rented Strangers, Thumb Wrestlers, Toe Suckers, Grizzly Bearsand Other Creatures on the Road to the White House - Couverture rigide

Lewis, Michael

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ISBN 10 : 0679446605 ISBN 13 : 9780679446606

Editeur : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997

Synopsis

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 299 pages; Description: xiv, 299 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Presidents --United States --Election --1996 --Presidential candidates --Politics and government --1993-2001

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

   Michael Lewis is a master at dissecting the absurd: after skewering Wall Street in his national bestseller Liar's Poker, he packed his mighty pen and set out on the 1996 campaign trail.  As he follows the men who aspire to the Oval Office, Lewis discovers an absurd mix of bravery and backpedaling, heroic possibility and mealy-mouthed sound bytes, and a process so ridiculous and unsavory that it leaves him wondering if everyone involved—from the journalists to the candidates to the people who voted—isn't ultimately a loser.

The contenders:

Pat Buchanan:  becomes the first politician ever to choose a black hat over a white one.

Phil Gramm: spends twenty million dollars to convince voters of his fiscal responsibility.

John McCain: makes the fatal mistake of actually speaking his mind.

Alan Keyes: checks out of a New Hampshire hotel and tells the manager another candidate will be paying his bill.

Steve Forbes: refuses to answer questions about his father's motorcycles.

Bob Dole: marches through the campaign without ever seeming to care.

   Losers is a wickedly funny, unflinching look at how America really goes about choosing a President.

Revue de presse

"A fresh, hilarious must read... [Losers] is a winner."- Time

"Hilarious, genuinely funny, and insightful, the work of a truly gifted writer."- The Wall Street Journal

"A great book... Hilarious, unsettling... [and] wonderfully observed."- Dave Eggers, Salon

"Unveils the pomposities and absurdities of spinning campaign life with wit and restraint, with a touch, in other words, that is all the more devastating for its lightness."- Newsday

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Alfred A. Knopf
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0679446605
• ISBN 13: 9780679446606
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 299
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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