Bibliograph

Fever swamp, a journey through the strange neverland of the 2016 presidential race, Richard North Patterson

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Fever swamp, a journey through the strange neverland of the 2016 presidential race, Richard North Patterson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fever swamp

Oclc number

958797787

Responsibility statement

Richard North Patterson

Sub title

a journey through the strange neverland of the 2016 presidential race

Summary

During the 2016 presidential election cycle, novelist Richard North Patterson wrote one column per week for The Huffington Post about the presidential race. Those essays are collected here for the first time in a highly personal 'journal' chronically Paterson's observations in real time

Table Of Contents

Foreword by Jeff Greenfield -- Introduction -- Plutocrats, birthers, climate deniers, a reality star, a Socialist from Vermont, a scrum of candidates killing each other, and an entire political party gone mad -- Primaries, guns, the court, Bernie vs. Hillary, the rise of Trump, and the collapse of the GOP establishment -- The Donald, Hillary, narcissism, racism, political insanity, and the surprising fatefulness of two conventions -- Russian hackers, a media awakening, videotapes, changes of groping, claims of voter fraud, three debates, a dogged Democrat, and a GOP candidate cracking up until an FBI director throws him a lifeline -- The very last scary days, an election filled with dread, and an extremely sober national wrecking -- Epilogue

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