Andy Martin is the author of With Child: Lee Child and the Readers of Jack Reacher.  He writes for The Independent and The New York Times and teaches at the University of Cambridge. His book on surfing, Walking on Water, is a cult classic.

• Introduction 1Part 1: Politics and You 7Part 2: Making Your Voice Heard 29Part 3: Politics is a Team Sport 67Part 4: It’s All Marketing 131Part 5: Let the Campaigns Begin 189Part 6: Presidential Politics 263Part 7: The Part of Tens 311Appendix: State ID Voting Requirements 331Index 353

�Love Jack Reacher? You'll have to enjoy this... [Andy Martin] revels in the minutiae you didn't realize you wanted to know.�  Shortlist �It's fascinating to watch the process of writing unfolding in real time... it shouldn't work - after all writing is a predominantly mental activity - and yet it does in a way that makes you wonder why no-one's thought of doing this before... Andy Martin has created something new here: a fusion of literary criticism, biography and fly-on-the-wall meta-novel which serves as a remarkable insight into the creative process.�Spectator�Very entertaining. Until Child can be persuaded to publish his own version of Stephen King's On Writing, I think it will be a wise investment for anybody who wants to write popular fiction.�Jake Kerridge, Daily Telegraph

Andy Martin is the author of With Child: Lee Child and the Readers of Jack Reacher.  He writes for The Independent and The New York Times and teaches at the University of Cambridge. His book on surfing, Walking on Water, is a cult classic.

• Introduction 1Part 1: Politics and You 7Part 2: Making Your Voice Heard 29Part 3: Politics is a Team Sport 67Part 4: It’s All Marketing 131Part 5: Let the Campaigns Begin 189Part 6: Presidential Politics 263Part 7: The Part of Tens 311Appendix: State ID Voting Requirements 331Index 353

�Love Jack Reacher? You'll have to enjoy this... [Andy Martin] revels in the minutiae you didn't realize you wanted to know.�  Shortlist �It's fascinating to watch the process of writing unfolding in real time... it shouldn't work - after all writing is a predominantly mental activity - and yet it does in a way that makes you wonder why no-one's thought of doing this before... Andy Martin has created something new here: a fusion of literary criticism, biography and fly-on-the-wall meta-novel which serves as a remarkable insight into the creative process.�Spectator�Very entertaining. Until Child can be persuaded to publish his own version of Stephen King's On Writing, I think it will be a wise investment for anybody who wants to write popular fiction.�Jake Kerridge, Daily Telegraph

Andy Martin is the author of With Child: Lee Child and the Readers of Jack Reacher.  He writes for The Independent and The New York Times and teaches at the University of Cambridge. His book on surfing, Walking on Water, is a cult classic.

• Introduction 1Part 1: Politics and You 7Part 2: Making Your Voice Heard 29Part 3: Politics is a Team Sport 67Part 4: It’s All Marketing 131Part 5: Let the Campaigns Begin 189Part 6: Presidential Politics 263Part 7: The Part of Tens 311Appendix: State ID Voting Requirements 331Index 353

�Love Jack Reacher? You'll have to enjoy this... [Andy Martin] revels in the minutiae you didn't realize you wanted to know.�  Shortlist �It's fascinating to watch the process of writing unfolding in real time... it shouldn't work - after all writing is a predominantly mental activity - and yet it does in a way that makes you wonder why no-one's thought of doing this before... Andy Martin has created something new here: a fusion of literary criticism, biography and fly-on-the-wall meta-novel which serves as a remarkable insight into the creative process.�Spectator�Very entertaining. Until Child can be persuaded to publish his own version of Stephen King's On Writing, I think it will be a wise investment for anybody who wants to write popular fiction.�Jake Kerridge, Daily Telegraph