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BARACK OBAMA

David Maraniss

The Story

The Pulitzer Prize winning author of "FIRST IN HIS CLASS: A Biography of Bill Clinton" turns his attention to Barrack Obama.

This stunning multigenerational bio of Barack Obama is bound to be the definitive biography of Barack Obama, focusing on the President's forbears who grew up around the world, in Kenya, in Hawaii, in Indonesia, and in the U.S.

David Maraniss is an associate editor at The Washington Post and the author of four critically acclaimed and bestselling books. He is a three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and won the Pulitzer for national reporting in 1993 for his newspaper coverage of then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton. He also was part of The Washington Post team that won a 2008 Pulitzer for the newspaper's coverage of the Virginia Tech shooting. He has won several other notable awards for achievements in journalism,

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Book Published by Simon & Schuster
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...like an epic novel.

Maraniss captures Obama’s search for purpose and the kindling of his ambition with an intimacy unlike that of other biographers—including Obama….[The book] offers the rawest account of his early life and a deeper understanding of his origins. Three and a half years and countless publications after Obama’s Inauguration, that is a remarkable feat.

‘BARACK OBAMA’ is a biography at its best. A prodigiously researched and exquisitely written multigenerational account….Almost without exception, Maraniss' assessments are judicious and persuasive….With subtlety and sophistication, Maraniss captures and conveys Obama's sensibilities and sensitivities.

An absorbing, graceful account.

This biography possesses a richness and scope that cannot be captured in short-form journalism, magazine excerpts or a mere review. Maraniss has written a global, multigenerational saga that culminates in the emergence of a young man who is knowable, recognizable and real....Maraniss approaches the task with deep research, crisp, clean writing and judicious reflection that never seems intrusive. He not only succeeds, he makes it look easy.

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…this is a revelatory book, which anyone interested in modern politics will want to read, and which will certainly shape our understanding of President Obama’s strengths, weaknesses and inscrutabilities. Every few pages Maraniss offers a factual nugget that changes or enlarges the prevailing lore….a richer view of the man we have become familiar with, without really knowing…. after this book we know one public figure much better. Read more...

It's not often that a book has the potential to change the course of political history, which is why this one is probably the most eagerly anticipated American book of the year.

New York Times has just named BARACK OBAMA: THE STORY one of the 100 Notable Books of 2012. Read more...

An exhaustively reported journey through Mr. Obama's early past that, until now, has been little explored despite Dave Remnick's 2010 biography of Mr. Obama and Janny Scott's 2011 biography of his mother.

This is a highly textured and intimate look at the family stories behind Obama …A thoroughly fascinating, multigenerational biography that explores broader social and political changes even as it highlights the elements that shaped one man’s life.

Book is full of riveting stories, shrewd observations, and fascinating details. It’s like reading Michener….There is something quite searching and wonderful about seeing much of history as a chaos of chance.