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Résumé :
Sometimes only a novel can tell the truth. A novel of political intrigue about President Obama, written by an anonymous Washington insider

Robust and revealing...an entertaining novel which leaves the readers...to make up their own minds.Would you vote for him again?--Evening Standard 'Anyone suffering withdrawal symptoms from the end of The West Wing will enjoy this sweaty hustle among rumpled advisers,maverick donors and ambitious staff who steer the campaign machine and guard the president's door...'-- The Economist [O] will doubtless adorn departure lounge bookshops for some time to come' Tribune magazine 11/2 'O offers some interesting morsels. One will learn much about the mania, trickery, self-deceptions and sleights of hand that have become essential to the art of winning political power. The fact this insider has chosen fiction for his sotry mirrors the ugly truth that much of what is fed to voters is another form of make-believe' The Herald 29/1 'Fascinating...This is an entertaining novel which leaves the treaders - with some guiding influence - to make up their own minds. Would you vote for him again?' Sarah Sands, Evening Standard 27/1 'A sharp gift for reportage... whoever wrote this does know something about what makes O tick' Simon Schama, FT 'Believable and entertaining' Justin Webb, The Times 'Where the book is good is on what it's like on the campaign trail; the relentless hours and travel, the drunken young interns partying every night, the jounalists desperate for an inside line' Christina Lamb, Sunday Times