Hailed as astonishingly powerful by The New York Times and writtenperfectly by The Washington Post Joe Kleins 1 bestseller Primary Colorswas the mosttalkedabout... » 

Hailed as astonishingly powerful by The New York Times and writtenperfectly by The Washington Post Joe Kleins 1 bestseller Primary Colorswas the mosttalkedabout political novel of the past century. Now acclaimedjournalist and author Joe Klein returns with another brilliant and slylysubversive novel set in the gladiatorial arena he knows so well politics inmodernday America. U.S. senator Charlie Martin is a hot politicalproperty dashing honorable irreverent and a decorated Vietnam veteran.The Running Mate follows this brash hero on a wild exhilarating ride throughthe minefields of politics as usual. But as Charlie quickly learns combatis a cakewalk compared with the battles waged by free men in pursuit of gloryand power. For Charlies political star is beginning to wane ... a bid for thepresidency ends in failure ... a young campaign volunteers father decks him in front of the cameras ... a wellkept secret from Charlies Vietnam days isrevealed ... and a woman has entered his life one who loves him but isappalled by his lifes work. Suddenly Charlie must confront the twogreatest challenges of his life a political opponent who has no scruples anda dazzling unconventional woman who may force him to choose between love andpolitics. Charlies dilemma is one that has come to haunt contemporary Americanpolitics Is it possible to be a good politician and a good man? «