Reviews
The authors of Game Change succeed in creating a plausible account of the emotional tumult of the 2008 campaign as it might have been--perhaps even was--experienced by the candidates, their spouses, and their staffs., The authors of Game Change succeed in creating a plausible account of the emotional tumult of the 2008 campaign as it might have been-perhaps even was-experienced by the candidates, their spouses, and their staffs., A smoking new book. . . . The real revelation in Game Change : Campaigns turn our politicians into lunatics., Compulsively readable. Once begun, you can't put it down. . . . Deeply and knowledgeably reported and presented with all the cool sophistication one would expect from two accomplished political reporters., An amazing piece of work. . . . One of the best books on politics of any kind I've read. For entertainment value, I put it up there with Catch 22 . . . . An absolutely gripping read . . . they can write., The authors of Game Change succeed in creating a plausible account of the emotional tumult of the 2008 campaign as it might have been—perhaps even was—experienced by the candidates, their spouses, and their staffs., You've got to read Game Change . . . . I read each and every word. . . . Game Change is a great book., A fascinating account. . . . Heilemann and Halperin serve up a spicy smorgasbord of observations, revelations, and allegations. . . . Game Change leaves the reader with a vivid, visceral sense of the campaign and a keen understanding of the paradoxes and contingencies of history., Riveting. . . . Its pages brim with scandalous tidbits. . . . This is a must-read for anyone interested in the cutthroat backroom hows and whys of a presidential campaign. . . . And it doesn't hurt that Game Change reads more bodice-ripper than Beltway., Riveting, definitive. . . . A great campaign book. . . . Halperin and Heilemann got insiders to cough up astonishing artifacts, including emails and recordings. . . . Game Change is really interesting, and puts you deep in the middle of it., A thoroughly researched, well-paced and occasionally very amusing read. . . . The result is something that conveys the feel, or perhaps more accurately the smell, of one of recent history's most thrilling elections, and it does so better than any of the other books already on the market., The best presidential political book since What it Takes by Richard Ben Cramer and Teddy White's books. These are the types of books that got me into politics., Heilemann and Halperin have conducted hundreds of interviews to provide the inside story of the 2008 campaign. . . . It vividly shows how character flaws large and small caused Obama's opponents to self-destruct.
