The Campaign: A Novel [Paperback]

Marilyn Tucker Quayle (Author), Nancy Tucker Northcott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1997

A conservative African-American senator, Robert Grant is a hopeful in the next presidential campaign, but the incumbent, fearful of losing his power, sets Grant up to take the blame for a murder he did not commit, and Grant must clear his name and solve a murder. $70,000 ad/promo. Tour.

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Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

When Washington reporter Russell Frederickson is murdered while covering the Senate reelection campaign of Georgia Senator Bob Grant, Grant unexpectedly finds himself the prime suspect. As Grant, a popular conservative black Christian senator, begins his own investigation to clear his name, he uncovers a vicious smear campaign motivated by revenge and political insecurity and involving foreign conspiracies and corrupt politicians at all levels. The power of the novel is undercut by awkward and simplistic racial and political stereotypes. Even so, Northcutt and Quayle (Embrace the Serpent, Crown, 1992) weave a taut tale of political suspense that most libraries will want to purchase.
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From Kirkus Reviews

Marching through Georgia on what should have been a shoo-in reelection campaign, Republican Senator Bob Grant is forcibly reminded that big-time politics can be bloody murder in this tedious and far-fetched follow-up to Embrace the Serpent (1992). The venal, vaultingly ambitious (and unnamed) Democrat who gained the White House under false pretenses frets about taking on the right-minded Grant in a fair fight for the US presidency two years hence. To ensure he won't have to face the popular African- American on the hustings any time soon, POTUS (President of the US) puts his villainous Attorney General on the case. In relatively short order, the Colin Powell-like candidate finds himself framed for the murder of a reporter (supposedly digging into his suspect past) and accused of other improprieties, including drug abuse and adultery with a staffer who subsequently committed suicide. Thanks to help from family, friends, and an unlikely southern sheriff, the loving father of four is able to fight the ugly charges instigated by an evil administration that has centralized federal intelligence as well as law-enforcement organizations (CIA, DEA, FBI, etc.) in a single sinister agency (the NIIA). Undaunted by the police powers of the presidency, the hostility of a famously liberal press, and treachery within his own camp, the beleaguered candidate finally obtains the proof he needs to clear himself with voters just days before the election. With NIIA thugs in hot pursuit, Grant makes it from Washington to the Atlanta studio of CNN, astonishing the nation with his exculpatory evidence and a shocking demand that the rat-bastard chief executive be impeached. Over-the-top plotting, leaden dialogue, and a surfeit of partisan asides, courtesy of a former Second Lady and her sister. ($70,000 ad/promo; radio satellite tour; author tour) -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310216532
• ISBN-13: 978-0310216537
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,390,127 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars interesting, but . . ., April 28, 2002

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"patsy-in-vacationland" (SANDUSKY, OHIO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Campaign: A Novel (Hardcover)

Good action/"who dunnit"-type plot, but the "Republicans are good and the Democrats are evil" stuff got a tad dull. If I could pick a word to describe this book it is: "sanctimonious". I really don't like to be manipulated.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book, April 12, 2002

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"mrckfc" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Campaign: A Novel (Hardcover)

This was well written and exciting. I read it quickly because I couldn't wait to see what happened. Very enjoyable.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, August 23, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Campaign (Audio Cassette)

I thought this novel was awesome. My sister read it before I did and she highly recommended it. I read it. I could hardly put it down. It was edge of seat, what next. I read it in a week's time and I'm a slow reader that takes a couple of weeks for shorter books. It was great.