The Running Mate by Joe Klein

The Running Mate by Joe Klein

Hailed as astonishingly powerful by The New York Times, and written perfectly by The Washington Post, Joe Klein's #1 bestseller, Primary Colors, was the most-talked-about political novel of the past century. Now acclaimed journalist and author Joe Klein returns with another brilliant and slyly subversive novel set in the gladiatorial arena he knows so well: politics in modern-day America.

U.S. senator Charlie Martin is a hot political property, dashing, honorable, irreverent -- and a decorated Vietnam veteran. The Running Mate follows this brash hero on a wild, exhilarating ride through the minefields of politics as usual.

But as Charlie quickly learns, combat is a cakewalk compared with the battles waged by free men in pursuit of glory and power. For Charlie's political star is beginning to wane . a bid for the presidency ends in failure . a young campaign volunteer's father decks him -- in front of the cameras . a well-kept secret from Charlie's Vietnam days is revealed . and a woman has entered his life -- one who loves him but is appalled by his life's work.

Suddenly Charlie must confront the two greatest challenges of his life -- a political opponent who has no scruples and a dazzling, unconventional woman who may force him to choose between love and politics. Charlie's dilemma is one that has come to haunt contemporary American politics: Is it possible to be a good politician and a good man?

Joe Klein is the Washington correspondent for The New Yorker and has been a journalist for nearly three decades. His earlier publications include Payback: Five Marines After Vietnam and Woody Guthrie: A Life, in addition to Primary Colors.

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ISBN 13	9780385333863
ISBN 10	0385333862
Title	The Running Mate
Author	Joe Klein
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Dial Press
Year published	2000-04-18
Number of pages	416
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