Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime

Author: John Heilemann

“It’s one of the best books on politics of any kind I’ve read. For entertainment value, I put it up there with Catch 22.” —The Financial Times “It transports you to a parallel universe in which everything in the National Enquirer is true….More interesting is what we learn about the candidates themselves: their frailties, egos and almost super-human stamina.” —The Financial….Read More

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