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The Candidate is a charismatic conman so terrified of failure he is obsessed with attaining success at all costs. The novel opens when he dazzles at an academic interview and subsequently appoints himself. No one calls his bluff because everyone is afraid to admit they missed the appointment meeting that never occurred.
He rapidly rises through the ranks using his charm and a variety of scams until he becomes president of the entire university and is eventually convinced by his supporters to take a run at the White House.
The novel reaches a climax at the presidential debate in which The Candidate is dressed as an aboriginal tribal chief to secure the minority vote in a battle against Bill Clinton - going for an unprecedented third term - and a Republican candidate whose entire campaign platform is based on the legalization of drinking and driving.
The Candidate is a daringly original comic novel which blends absurdist parody with literary fiction, and compares to Woody Allen's Zelig in the way it uses fantastical plot elements to lampoon our almost pathological fear of failure and thirst for success. It draws as much on my love for the Marx Brothers and W. C. Fields, as it does from the author's time spent as a research scientist at Caltech.
With a huge cast of bizarre and hilarious characters such as the drag racing soul singer The Reverend Rev and the hypnotist con man Dr. Swirl The Candidate is guaranteed to entertain. First published in 2012, it was strangely prophetic of the increasingly circus-like atmosphere of the post-Trump US political landscape.
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David Antonelli was born in Chicago and educated at Oxford, Caltech, and MIT. He has published 12 novels and one book of poetry. His film credits include multi award-nominated feature Inbetween (2008; 8.6/10 on IMDb) and Finding Rudolf Steiner (Official Selection Calgary International Film Festival 2006), He is currently a Professor at Lancaster University. and runs an Instagram page (@davidmichaelantonelli) with weekly reels reviewing books and music.
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