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	McCain's Promise: Aboard the Straight Talk Express with John McCain and a Whole Bunch of Actual Reporters, Thinking About Hope by David Foster Wallace
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Product Details Binding Paperback Dewey Decimal Number 973.931092 EAN 9780316040532 ISBN 0316040533 Manufacturer Back Bay Books Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 144 Publication Date June 01, 2008 Publisher Back Bay Books Availability Usually ships in 24 hours Product Description Is John McCain 'For Real?' That's the question David Foster Wallace set out to explore when he first climbed aboard Senator McCain's campaign caravan in February 2000. It was a moment when Mccain was increasingly perceived as a harbinger of change, the anticandidate whose goal was 'to inspire young Americans to devote themselves to causes greater than their own self-interest.' And many young Americans were beginning to take notice. To get at 'something riveting and unspinnable and true' about John Mccain, Wallace finds he must pierce the smoke screen of spin doctors and media manipulators. And he succeeds-in a characteristically potent blast of journalistic brio that not only captures the lunatic rough-and-tumble of a presidential campaign but also delivers a compelling inquiry into John McCain himself: the senator, the POW, the campaign finance reformer, the candidate, the man. 'Wallace's inexperience as a campaign reporter is an advantage here, leading to unvarnished insights.' (Miami Herald Ariel Gonzalez ) 'Compelling...A patient and thoughtful meditation on what McCain's military past-specifically, his five-plus years as a prisoner of war-means about his moral fiber.' (Atlanta Journal-Constitution Kevin Canfield ) 'Wallace conveys a geniuine disillusionment at the sham of the whole arrangement: the endless political posturing, the robotic news coverage...At the same time, he recognize's McCain's essential magnetism.' (Los Angeles Time Book Review Steve Almond ) 'Bracingly insightful.' (New York Times Book Review Pankaj Mishra ) Is John McCain 'For Real?' That's the question David Foster Wallace set out to explore when he first climbed aboard Senator McCain's campaign caravan in February 2000. It was a moment when Mccain was increasingly perceived as a harbinger of change, the anticandidate whose goal was 'to inspire young Americans to devote themselves to causes greater than their own self-interest.' And many young Americans were beginning to take notice. To get at 'something riveting and unspinnable and true' about John Mccain, Wallace finds he must pierce the smoke screen of spin doctors and media manipulators. And he succeeds-in a characteristically potent blast of journalistic brio that not only captures the lunatic rough-and-tumble of a presidential campaign but also delivers a compelling inquiry into John McCain himself: the senator, the POW, the campaign finance reformer, the candidate, the man. David Foster Wallace is the author of two novels, Infinite Jest and The Broom of the System; three story collections, Girl with Curious Hair, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, and Oblivion; and two nonfiction collections, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again and Consider the Lobster. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and numerous other awards. Jacob Weisberg is an editor of Slate magazine, a columnist for the Financial Times, and a frequent commentator on National Public Radio. His writings have also appeared in The New Republic, Vanity Fair, Newsweek, and the New York Times. His books include the bestselling Bushisms series and the 2008 bestseller The Bush Tragedy. Customers who bought this item also bought Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments Infinite Jest Brief Interviews with Hideous Men The Broom of the System Customer Reviews for: McCain's Promise: Aboard the Straight Talk Express with John McCain and a Whole Bunch of Actual Reporters, Thinking About Hope Rating - Insightful in the light of the '08 campaign If you're a fan of David Foster Wallace's nonfiction, I think this is probably a must-read. It faces squarely off against his fascinations with issues of ethics and authenticity, and shows him in a troubled frame of mind. I can't say how much editing was done recently, but this is technically the last book he published before his death so it's also got that grim recommendation. By turns it's uncomfortably funny and fascinating, and it paints a portrait of McCain that's remarkably insightful in the light of the recent campaign. It's DFW at the top of his nonfiction game. Rating - not timely after '08 ...this essay, wonderful as it is, is a little outdated and, now, some of the things that DFW has written about mccain are patently false (eg: being locked in a box in the hanoi hilton for 4 years. yes, he was there, but he was not kept "in a box" every single day, as dfw says.) it's interesting, too, that this was written on assignment for rolling stone back in '99. contrast this with Mat Taibbi's RS article of this year, "mccain: the fake maverick." that said, i love, love, love DFW's writing, and am so sad he is gone. purchase "consider the lobster" to get a more fully-rounded DFW experience. this essay ... Read More Rating - Originally from Consider the Lobster So if you have any interest in his other essays, read that book instead of this one. While this is not a bad essay, note the timing of its re-release during a year when McCain is running for the Presidency of the US. Note also that Wallace, recently deceased, had changed his opinion of McCain, as per an interview he gave in May 2008: [...] see more reviews See all books by author David Foster Wallace

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