<![CDATA[The X-President]]>

false <![CDATA[The X-President]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177695972m/726483.jpg 726483 1 A masterful blend of political satire and edgy social commentary, here is a wildly entertaining trip through recent American history and into the impending future. An incisive look at how we love and hate our political leaders, and how they love and hate us back, The X President touches the very heart of what it means to be president—and what a president means to America. It is the year 2055 and America is entangled in a devastating world war—and losing badly. As the threat of homeland invasion grows stronger, the United States is desperate to change the tide, anyway it can. Enter Sal Hayden, official biographer of a former president known as BC, now 109 years old and all but forgotten. Charismatic, controversial, and always willing to feel another person’s pain, BC’s political career, like his personal life, is marked by both uncanny triumphs and key blunders—some of which may have doomed the U.S. to defeat. Recording his story has not always been easy, but it has been straightforward. That is, until the day Sal is asked to rewrite it—and not just on the page. For Sal will be granted a biographer’s most fantastic dream, one that will thrust her into the greatest moral dilemma of her life—and the world’s most daring, dangerous, and spectacular spin job. . . . 712696 4 11 2003 The X-President total:28|5:5|4:12|3:6|2:4|1:1| 28 100 45 9 4 0 false false Thu Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 22 20:17:10 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 20:26:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 21 14:09:33 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 15 10:36:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 02 00:00:10 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 00:00:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 20 17:45:59 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 08 18:01:25 -0800 2009
I enjoyed the book. I'm not usually too keen on political books, but the time travel/scifi aspect carried me through.]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 28 03:28:55 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 03:31:15 -0700 2008
There are a couple of sections that were a bit hard-going, but I'm glad I persisted, cos overall I loved it.

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