David Remnick was a reporter for "The Washington Post" for ten years, including four in Moscow. He joined "The New Yorker" as a writer in 1992 and has been the magazine's editor since 1998. His last book was "King of the World," a biography of Muhammad Ali, which was selected by "Time "as the top nonfiction book of 1998. "Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire" won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994.
"If you care about American politics, you have to read "The
Bridge."" -"Salon"
"Writing with emotional precision and a sure knowledge of politics,
Mr. Remnick situates Mr. Obama's career firmly within a historical
context." -Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times"
"A brilliantly constructed, flawlessly written biography." -
Douglas Brinkley, "The Los Angeles Times"
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"Exhaustively researched...Remnick has many important additions and
corrections to make to our reading of "Dreams From My Father..".The
book's insights into Obama's character will be very useful for
understanding the man's performance as president." -Garry Wills,
"The New York Times Book Review"
"An expansive work...Recounting a pivotal March 2007 speech in
Selma, Remnick writes that Obama's words were 'at once personal,
tribal, national and universal.' The same can be said of "The
Bridge."" -"Time"
"Remnick deserves credit for telling Obama's story more completely
than others, for lending a reporter's zeal to the task, for not
ducking the discussion of race and for peeling back several layers
of the onion that is Barack Obama." -"The Washington Post"
"What Remnick brings to a complex story are the tools of an
exceptional reporter: persistence, curiosity, insight. He weaves in
hours of on-the-record interviews with schoolmates, teachers,
mentors, advisers and scholars...rich in reflections and
refractions." -Bloomberg.com
"Superb. Beautifully written and artfully constructed." -"The
Economist"
"Eminently readable...the great achievement of the book is that
Remnick manages to say something different...Remnick himself is a
bridge--to seeing fresh a man we think we know but only now, in his
hard days in the White House, are beginning to understand." -"The
Boston Globe"
"An insightful, nuanced look at the making of the 44ths president,
placing his career in the context of history." -"Chicago
Tribune"
"There are a few people ofa
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