Hot on the Trail of Anonymous

Studio 360

The buzzy new novel O imagines Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, but its insider author is staying anonymous. Kurt is hot on the trail of who it might be, with help from New York magazine political writer John Heilemann, now working on the sequel to his own (nonfiction) campaign book Game Change.

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