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O: A Presidential Novel Audiobook
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The truth only fiction can tell.
This is a novel about aspiration and delusion, set during the presidential election of 2012 and written by an anonymous author who has spent years observing politics and the fraught relationship between public image and self-regard.
The novel includes revealing and insightful portraits of many prominent figures in the political world—some invented and some real.
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“That’s what O does best—without any undue cynicism or gooey romanticism: It clearly illustrates, season by season, just how effectively presidential campaigners plan, draft and articulate the political discourse that the press pretends it controls.”
— Washington Post
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“A political junkie’s rollicking read delivered by a knowledgeable, if subjective, insider.”
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“A gossipy, entertaining novel…a slightly sharper-edged version of The West Wing…So who’s Anonymous? Who cares? O is a worthy read, no matter who the author.”
— Kirkus Reviews
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" Wish I knew who wrote this. In any case this is one of those books that might only appeal to people who are political wonks. It is so right on as to the stresses and procedures of campaigns from the inside. More detailed than most books of this type. "
— Bobbie57, 6/6/2011 -
" I really wanted all the reviews I had read of this book to be wrong. The beginning was strong and it could have been a good book if more time had been spent on character development and interaction and less time on pontificating about the process of presidential campaign politics. "
— Stephanie, 6/6/2011 -
" What a trainwreck. A bad gimmick, with leaden writing, about events which are paltry distortions of facts, boring talking-head characters, lousy political propaganda, and nothing happens. Why do I push myself to suffer through these terrible books when I have 2000 on my to-read list? "
— Kaworu, 6/1/2011 -
" It turned out to be nothing but a regular novel about politics. I was a little dry and difficul tto get through and did not add near the insight I had expected. Disappointing. "
— Judith, 5/1/2011 -
" Boring.. Wanted to like it, but couldn't even finish it. "
— Sarah, 4/2/2011 -
" made it about 15 pages and couldn't go any further "
— Steven, 3/18/2011 -
" This book is more of a novelty than anything else. There's some interesting observations on modern politics, but the attempted plot threads leave much to be desired. It's worth a read if you're curious, but you're not missing much if you don't read it. "
— Jerry, 1/29/2011
About Anonymous
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616), novelist, playwright, and poet, was born in Spain of an ancient but impoverished family. After studying in Madrid, he became a soldier and was wounded in battle. He was taken by pirates in 1575, put in prison at Algiers, and was ransomed five years later. He spent the remainder of his life struggling to earn a livelihood from literature and humble government employment. His first attempt at fiction was a pastoral novel, La Galatea (1585), which was followed by his masterpiece, The Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605).
About Campbell Scott
Campbell Scott has, in addition to his numerous stage and film credits, narrated more than forty audiobooks, including This Boy’s Life and Into Thin Air, and won seven AudioFile Earphones Awards.