{"product_id":"9780679768098","title":"Losers: The Road to Everyplace but the White House","description":"\u003cp\u003e   Michael Lewis is a master at dissecting the absurd: after skewering Wall Street in his national bestseller \u003ci\u003eLiar's Poker,\u003c\/i\u003e he packed his mighty pen and set out on the 1996 campaign trail.  As 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\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003efrom the journalists to the candidates to the people who voted\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eisn't ultimately a loser.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contenders: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePat Buchanan:  becomes the first politician ever to choose a black hat over a white one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhil Gramm: spends twenty million dollars to convince voters of his fiscal responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn McCain: makes the fatal mistake of actually speaking his mind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan Keyes: checks out of a New Hampshire hotel and tells the manager another candidate will be paying his bill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Forbes: refuses to answer questions about his father's motorcycles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBob Dole: marches through the campaign without ever seeming to care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e   Losers \u003c\/i\u003eis a wickedly funny, unflinching look at how America really goes about choosing a President.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027869483248,"sku":"9780679768098","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780679768098_p0.jpg?v=1763608222","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780679768098","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}