It's a book about our deeply polarized, frequently depressing, occasionally inspiring political culture, written from inside the belly of the beast. It's a book about what happens when the nation's foremost progressive satirist gets a chance to serve in the United States Senate and, defying the low expectations of the pundit class, actually turns out to be good at it. It made me deliriously happy." - Louise Erdrich, The New York Times This is a book about an unlikely campaign that had an even more improbable ending: the closest outcome in history and an unprecedented eight-month recount saga, which is pretty funny in retrospect.
I skipped meals to read this book - also unusual - because every page was funny.
"Flips the classic born-in-a-shack rise to political office tale on its head. From Senator Al Franken - #1 bestselling author and beloved SNL alum - comes the story of an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that.
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