Giant of the Senate by Al Franken - May 2017

SIGNED by the author on the FFEP
From Senator Al Franken - #1 bestselling author and beloved SNL alum -- comes the story of an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that.

"Flips the classic born-in-a-shack rise to political office tale on its head. I skipped meals to read this book - also unusual - because every page was funny. It made me deliriously happy." -- Louise Erdrich, The New York Times This is a book about an unlikely campaign that had an even more improbable ending: the closest outcome in history and an unprecedented eight-month recount saga, which is pretty funny in retrospect. It's a book about what happens when the nation's foremost progressive satirist gets a chance to serve in the United States Senate and, defying the low expectations of the pundit class, actually turns out to be good at it. It's a book about our deeply polarized, frequently depressing, occasionally inspiring political culture, written from… Read More

Twelve, 2017. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Larger sturdy book, black spine, pink boards, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 406 pages including two color glossy photo sections. Signed boldly in black felt-tip pen on second front end paper: "Al Franken." DJ colorful beneath mylar with a portrait of the giant sitting on front, a "Signed" gold sticker at bottom front right, black spine and back. DJ and book, both As New.