Overview

In February 2000 John McCain was widely perceived as the voice of hope in American presidential politics: the ""anti-candidate,"" the harbinger of change, the straight talker whose vigor and apparent authenticity were winning him support among disaffected voters from both parties and especially from young Americans. David Foster Wallace, commissioned by Rolling Stone to profile the candidate, reported back from the front lines in a characteristically potent blast of journalistic brio. McCAIN'S PROMISE 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 P.O.W., the campaign finance reformer, the American hero, the candidate, the man.

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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

Bracingly insightful. -- New York Times Book Review Pankaj Mishra Bracingly insightful. --New York Times Book Review Pankaj Mishra Wallace's inexperience as a campaign reporter is an advantage here, leading to unvarnished insights. Ariel Gonzalez, Miami Herald Bracingly insightful. Pankaj Mishra, New York Times Book Review 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. Steve Almond, Los Angeles Time Book Review 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. Kevin Canfield, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Bracingly insightful. -- New York Times Book Review Pankaj Mishra

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. --Kevin Canfield, Atlanta Journal-Constitution 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. --Steve Almond, Los Angeles Time Book Review Bracingly insightful. --Pankaj Mishra, New York Times Book Review Wallace's inexperience as a campaign reporter is an advantage here, leading to unvarnished insights. --Ariel Gonzalez, Miami Herald

Bracingly insightful. --Pankaj Mishra, New York Times Book Review 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. --Kevin Canfield, Atlanta Journal-Constitution 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. --Steve Almond, Los Angeles Time Book Review Wallace's inexperience as a campaign reporter is an advantage here, leading to unvarnished insights. --Ariel Gonzalez, Miami Herald

Bracingly insightful. -- <b>New York Times Book Review</b> <b>Pankaj Mishra</b>

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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.

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