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Title: The Race

Author: Richard North Patterson

Narrator: William Hope

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-18-14

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A political thriller set in the drama of the US presidential primary election from the master of 'the thinking man's thriller'.

Corey Grace - a handsome and charismatic Republican senator from Ohio is plunged by an act of terrorism into a fierce presidential primary battle with the favorite of the party establishment and a magnetic leader of the Christian right.

A decorated Gulf War pilot, Grace insists on voting his own conscience rather than the party line, and this stubborn independence, together with his growing romance with Lexie Hart, an African-American movie star, has earned him a reputation as an unpredictable iconoclast. But Grace is still haunted by a tragic mistake buried deep in his past, and now his integrity will be put to the test in this most brutal of political contests, in which nothing in his past or present life is off-limits.

A vivid and sometimes frightening depiction of contemporary power politics, The Race culminates in a deadlocked and febrile party convention where Grace must resolve the conflict between his feelings for Lexie and his presidential ambitions and decide just who and what he is willing to sacrifice.

Members Reviews:

The Sleazy Inside View of the Political Process

I listened to the unabridged audio version and mostly loved it. I say, 'mostly,' because there are a few sections where politicos are talking shop that get a bit tedious. However, I found it worth the listen or read because it has great characters, an engaging love story, a protagonist with real integrity and, most of all, it gave me a mind's picture of just how sleazy and uncompromising the American political process has become. Maybe you already know the political process is sleazy as I did. But, as with me, if you haven't seen or heard a word picture of just how much crap goes on behind the scenes you can't possibly have an idea why candidates say the things they do or take the positions they take. As I said, the protagonist is a man of real integrity, someone who won't back away from the things in which he truly believes. I liked that about him. I liked that he was willing to risk it all for the sake of someone he loved. But I have serious doubts that such a person would even become a top contender for the presidential nomination in the Democratic Party. And this particular protagonist with his particular convictions wouldn't have a snow ball's chance in hell of becoming a top contender for the Republican nomination. So it's a novel that tells the truth about the sleaze while, at the same time, proposing a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination that is purest fantasy. I wish it weren't so.

A Truly Informing Novel

It saddens me to read a book like this that clearly delineates how politics can become and probably are. It's so real that you'd wonder about which politicians with their wealthiest contributors and election managers played the parts. I've always believed we should rid ourselves of the electoral college in favor of the popular vote and this novel gels that opinion.

Story of american politics; Action packed must read

ok, this was not my go to book. I choose it based upon another reader's review list.

This book is about the gritty business of politics and it had totally depressed.