The Running Mate

Hailed as "astonishingly powerful" by The New York Times, and "written perfectly" by The Washington Post, Joe Klein's #1 bestseller, Primary Colors, was the most-talked-about political novel of the past century.

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The best-selling author of Primary Colors takes readers on what promises to be an exuberant, wicked, and unerringly wise political journey with Senator Charlie Martin, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, who learns some tough lessons about politics in an era of spin, marketing, and vicious personal assaults.

Joe Klein, a journalist for nearly three decades, is currently Washington correspondent for The New Yorker. In addition to Primary Colors, his previous books include Payback: Five Marines After Vietnam and Woody Guthrie: A Life.