O, Anonymous
O, Anonymous
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O
A Presidential Novel

Author: Anonymous

Narrator: To Be Announced

Unabridged: 12 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/25/2011

Categories: Fiction, Political


Synopsis

The truth only fiction can tell.

This is a novel about aspiration and delusion, set during the presidential election of 2012 and written by an anonymous author who has spent years observing politics and the fraught relationship between public image and self-regard.

The novel includes revealing and insightful portraits of many prominent figures in the political world—some invented and some real.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Scott on December 17, 2014

I read this book in December of 2010, during a spate of literature being published, mostly nonfiction, about the Obama Administration and President Barack Obama specifically. There were, it seemed, equal numbers of pro-Obama books versus anti-Obama books. "O" was one of the few novels I found during......more

Goodreads review by Ron on December 04, 2013

Like the people who end up running for president, this anonymous novel about Barack Obama's reelection campaign isn't as good as you hoped or as bad as you feared. Maybe the American people get the roman a clef they deserve. Because regardless of how closely "O" anticipates next year's campaign, it'......more

Goodreads review by Jerry on February 04, 2011

This book is more of a novelty than anything else. There's some interesting observations on modern politics, but the attempted plot threads leave much to be desired. It's worth a read if you're curious, but you're not missing much if you don't read it.......more

Goodreads review by Steve on December 20, 2011

I enjoyed the first half of this book but the second half seemed rushed. It was almost as if the author was told he had a page limit and saw he was getting close so had to wrap it up.......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on January 06, 2024

The first half of this book was painfully slow. I mean, painful. The book did flow better when I quit trying to figure out who the characters were “supposed to be” in the Obama campaign and administration. At the half-way point in the book - it was like something snapped and the book got exciting. Th......more