

Phil Gramm: spends twenty million dollars to convince voters of his fiscal responsibility. Pat Buchanan: becomes the first politician ever to choose a black hat over a white one. Michael Lewis is a master at dissecting the absurd: after skewering Wall Street in his national bestseller Liar's Poker, he packed his mighty pen and set out on the 1996 campaign trail.Īs he follows the men who aspire to the Oval Office, Lewis discovers an absurd mix of bravery and backpedaling, heroic possibility and mealy-mouthed sound bytes, and a process so ridiculous and unsavory that it leaves him wondering if everyone involved-from the journalists to the candidates to the people who voted-isn't ultimately a loser.

The Premonition: A Pandemic Story (2021).The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds (2016).Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt (2014).

