{"product_id":"9781921825316","title":"Quarterly Essay 32 American Revolution: The Fall of Wall Street and the Rise of Barack Obama","description":"Where were you when America elected Barack Obama? Kate Jennings was in New York, eyes wide open, completing her take on an amazing time: \"the run-up to the election ... a time when every day felt like a year and we became slightly crazed from worry but also mesmerised, unable to switch off the cable news stations, obsessively tracking the DOW, VIX, LIBOR spreads, polls in red states. So much at stake.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmerican Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling and perceptive look at the United States between hope and despair: an election-year kaleidoscope. Jennings describes how and why the US economy fell off a cliff and how an apparently endless run of primaries and an increasingly rancorous campaign culminated in a world-changing victory. She surveys the characters – Obama, Palin, McCain and the Clintons - and conveys the concepts – derivatives, bailouts and moral hazard. This is an essay that shows America in fascinating flux: it is witty and poetic, acute and evocative. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘The television networks are justifiably in raptures about the historic election of an African-American as the president. All the same … to reduce Obama to a label, to 'African-American,' does him - and us - a disservice. He wasn't elected for the colour of his skin; he was elected because he offered the hope of a wise, steady and healing leadership to a country bullied and battered in the name of patriotism, plundered and pillaged in the name of free markets, neglected and abandoned in the name of small government.’ —Kate Jennings, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Kate Jennings captures perfectly the intensity of the past months, the terrible anxiety we felt, the almost pathological conviction that the Republicans would do anything, say anything, pull out all the stops, and that the Democrats would just stand there like numbskulls while the election was stolen from them once again.’ —Christina Thompson, editor of \u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kate Jennings is a poet, essayist, short-story writer and novelist. Both her novels, \u003ci\u003eSnake\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMoral Hazard\u003c\/i\u003e, were \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Books of the Year. Her work has been in contention for the Booker, IMPAC, and \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e literary prizes. She has won the prestigious Christina Stead and Adelaide Festival prizes and been honored with the Australian Literary Society's gold medal. Born in rural New South Wales, she has lived in New York since 1979.","brand":"Schwartz Publishing Pty. Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172572381424,"sku":"9781921825316","price":10.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781921825316_p0.jpg?v=1763632565","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781921825316","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}