With unprecedented access, gained over a dozen exclusive interviews with Obama, Wolffe shares with us his front row seat.
Wolffe portrays an historic candidate and his - until now - inscrutable character and campaign in untold, stunning detail, from his university lecturer's office in Iowa to the Oval Office in Washington.
But it is also a uniquely intimate portrait of the person behind the iconic posters and the man codenamed 'Renegade' by his Secret Service protectors. During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama himself told veteran political reporter Richard Wolffe, 'You'll get more access than anyone else', and Renegade is his unique story of how a political newcomer with no money and an outsider's name grew into the world's most powerful leader. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. The result, Renegade - Obama's secret service codename - is peppered with interviews with Obama's best friends and political accomplices, who were equally eager to help" The Sunday Times "A fly's-eye view of one of the most thrilling political insurgencies in modern American history" Economist "The first of the President Obama books-and a good one-insightful, thorough and straight" - Ben Bradlee, vice president at large of The Washington Post
An insider's tour of the travelling circus/endurance test that is the 21st-century American presidential race" Observer "Obama gave exclusive interviews and invited him into his inner circle to play basketball. a thoughtful meditation on Mr Obama's life and character" - Michiko Kakutani New York Times "Wolffe's technique is to combine biography and reportage, to take milestones along the campaign trail and use them as portals into the character and make-up of the man behind the candidate.
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