{"product_id":"taft-2012-9781594745508","title":"Taft 2012","description":"\u003cp\u003eHE'S BACK.\u003cbr\u003eAND HE'S THE BIGGEST THING IN POLITICS.\u003c\/p\u003eHe is the perfect presidential candidate. Conservatives love his hard-hitting Republican r sum . Liberals love his peaceful, progressive practicality. The media can't get enough of his larger-than-life personality. And all the American people love that he's an honest, hard-working man who tells it like it is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere's just one problem. He is William Howard Taft . . . and he was already president a hundred years ago. So what on earth is he doing alive and well and considering a running mate in 2012? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA most extraordinary satire, Jason Heller's debut novel follows the strange new life of a presidential Rip Van Winkle: a man who never even wanted the White House in the first place, yet finds himself hurtling toward it once more--this time, through the media-fueled madness of 21st-century America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJason Heller\u003c\/b\u003e is an American culture journalist whose work appears in \u003ci\u003eThe A.V. Club\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice Media\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlternative Press\u003c\/i\u003e, Tor.com, \u003ci\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eTaft 2012\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel. He lives in Denver, Colorado.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Quirk Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50914189476114,"sku":"9781594745508","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_51ae99a0-7f1b-4bbf-8f8f-0c9438a7348d.jpg?v=1738809102","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/taft-2012-9781594745508","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}