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A review by nightchough
The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama by David Remnick
3.0
This book is quite long ... but the earliest section is very well done, giving enough history of the civil rights movement to put Obama's career in good context.
The section about Obama's entry into Chicago politics was excerpted in The New Yorker before the book came out. It's quite even-handed - this book is no hagiography - makes it clear how ambitious this guy is.
Interesting as a counterpoint to Obama's own books. A little long. Still; worth reading.
The section about Obama's entry into Chicago politics was excerpted in The New Yorker before the book came out. It's quite even-handed - this book is no hagiography - makes it clear how ambitious this guy is.
Interesting as a counterpoint to Obama's own books. A little long. Still; worth reading.