Product details
- Publisher : Humorist Books (September 6, 2019)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 318 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0359807267
- ISBN-13 : 978-0359807260
- Item Weight : 1.04 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
From the Campaign Trail or Thereabouts
From the Campaign Trail or Thereabouts is the story of two insulated Upper West Side journalists, Harold Carlyle, a self-serving, incompetent reporter desperate to save both his career and marriage, and his wife, Pattie, an observant, sharp-tongued, and successful television critic. When Harold is assigned to cover the 2016 Presidential Election, he devises a scheme to save his marriage by taking Pattie with him across the country.
From the Campaign Trail or Thereabouts dives into the contradictory, divided, and all-too-often unsettling state of the union. Like Huck Finn meets Game Change, the novel examines the politicians and popular figures who played starring roles in 2016 and holds up a mirror to the electorate that ultimately made Trumpism possible.
About the Author
Michael Bleicher is an author and humorist living in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of Brown University and has a JD from Harvard Law School, which they are probably still trying to figure out how he got.
Andy Newton is an author, humorist, and one half of the writing team Bleicher & Newton. His new novel, The Carlyles, is available now. He is also co-author of From the Campaign Trail or Thereabouts, a picaresque political satire set during the 2016 election, and the former editor of Humorist Books, imprint of comedy website the Weekly Humorist. He is a graduate of Brown University and has a Master’s degree in Italian literature from UCLA. He lives in Boston with his wife and two cats.
