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Run: A Novel About One Man's Quest to Save this Country from Itself

Run: A Novel About One Man's Quest to Save this Country from Itself
"Run is a wonderfully conceived, very cleverly carried out novel...Once I started reading I didn't stop."
-James Fallows, the Atlantic

Run chronicles the wildly improbable 2008 run for the White House by Nay Noa Kalakaua, a University of Chicago economist turned television talk show host.

Kalakaua has no money. He's never held elected office and he'll turn 35 just days before the election. He's a member of neither the Republican nor Democratic party and he knows no independent candidate has ever come close to contending for the White House. Despite that, he knows he must run. He knows the country is headed toward economic disaster and that members of Congress lack the political will to do anything about it.

The centerpiece of Kalakaua's campaign is to get rid of these career politicians through an ambitious but pragmatic plan to implement term limits for every member of Congress. To save the country, Kalakaua must first convince the American people he's serious and that must help them see that they, alone, have the power to create change.

Run in narrated through a series of third person accounts published or broadcast by media outlets like the New York Times, the Associated Press, the Chicago Tribune, the New Yorker, Esquire, NBC Nightly News, and Time,

Visit the offical book site at www.runthenovel.com.

 

 
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Reviews & Accolades for Run

"'Run' is a wonderfully conceived, very cleverly carried out novel about the future of American politics. G.R. Kearney has a perfect ear for the habits and absurdities of the press and politicians, and he puts it to very good use with this alternative-reality portrayal of the path voters could take. Once I started reading I didn't stop."
          - James Fallows, the Atlantic

"This is a great book for anyone who's dissatisfied with the major party candidates for the White House."
          - Larry Potash, WGN News

"Thought provoking and entertaining... Kalakaua takes on both political parties, their presidential and congressional candidates, and the special interest groups in his attempt to pull off the greatest election upset of all time. Read RUN. You'll love it!"
          - Jack Walsh , The Do Nothing Congress Blog

"I highly recommend this powerful book."
          -Nelson Lee Walker, TenureCorrupts.com

Visit the official book site at www.runthenovel.com.

 

 

 

 
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