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THE NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Incendiary, intriguing, nuanced, compelling, fantastically detailed' Gaby Wood, Observer 'A spicy smorgasbord of observations, revelations and allegation. Leaves the reader with a vivid, visceral sense of the campaign and a keen understanding of the paradoxes and contingencies of history' Michiko Kakutani, New York Times 'Consistently fascinating . . . every bit as good as Theodore White's The Making of a President ' Anthony Howard, Daily Telegraph 'Astounding, astonishing. Terribly compulsive. A thoroughly researched, well-paced and very amusing read. High-quality political porn' Economist 'Great fun to read. A wealth of insight. Real fly-on-the-wall journalism, where the authors claim to know not just what people said, but what they were thinking' Andy McSmith, Independent 'Compulsively readable. You can't put it down' Los Angeles Times

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The most exciting political book of recent years. Election reporting will never be the same again -- Andrew Adonis News Statesman, Books of the Year Welcome to the meat-grinder, flash-incinerator race to be the 44th President of the United States The Times Incendiary, intriguing, nuanced, compelling. A fantastically detailed and gossipy affair -- Gaby Wood Observer A spicy smorgasbord of observations, revelations and allegation. Leaves the reader with a vivid, visceral sense of the campaign and a keen understanding of the paradoxes and contingencies of history -- Michiko Kakutani New York Times Consistently fascinating... every bit as good as Theordore White's The Making of a President -- Anthony Howard Daily Telegraph Astounding, astonishing. Sleazy, personal, intrusive, shocking - and terribly compulsive. A thoroughly researched, well-paced and very amusing read. High-quality political porn Economist The best account of the triumph of 2008 -- Jonathan Powell New Statesman, Books of the Year Great fun to read. A wealth of insight. Real fly-on-the-wall journalism, where the authors claim to know not just what people said, but what they were thinking -- Andy McSmith Independent Compulsively readable. You can't put it down Los Angeles Times

Welcome to the meat-grinder, flash-incinerator race to be the 44th President of the United States The Times Incendiary, intriguing, nuanced, compelling. A fantastically detailed and gossipy affair -- Gaby Wood Observer A spicy smorgasbord of observations, revelations and allegation. Leaves the reader with a vivid, visceral sense of the campaign and a keen understanding of the paradoxes and contingencies of history -- Michiko Kakutani New York Times Consistently fascinating... every bit as good as Theordore White's The Making of a President -- Anthony Howard Daily Telegraph Astounding, astonishing. Sleazy, personal, intrusive, shocking - and terribly compulsive. A thoroughly researched, well-paced and very amusing read. High-quality political porn Economist Great fun to read. A wealth of insight. Real fly-on-the-wall journalism, where the authors claim to know not just what people said, but what they were thinking -- Andy McSmith Independent Compulsively readable. You can't put it down Los Angeles Times

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John Heilemann and Mark Halperin are two of the most acclaimed political reporters in the United States, with unrivalled access to the presidential candi­dates and their teams throughout the campaign. John Heilemann is the national political correspondent and columnist for New York magazine. He is a National Magazine Award finalist and a former staff writer for the New Yorker, the Economist and Wired. Mark Halperin is editor-at-large and senior political analyst for Time, founding editor of The Page on time.com and former political director of ABC News.

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