{"product_id":"run-robbie-run-hardcover","title":"Run Robbie Run - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJon Pepper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJon Pepper's political farce \u003cem\u003eRun Robbie Run\u003c\/em\u003e is a razor-sharp satire of an American political party at war with itself- and it's wickedly funny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Set during an election year nomination process, the novel follows two spectacularly unfit candidates: Dewey Fenwick, an 87-year-old former president who can barely stay conscious, and his successor Robbie Crowe, a lazy, self-absorbed billionaire who stumbles into the nomination without earning a single vote.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Pepper's comic gifts are immediately on display. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The opening scene, in which campaign aides frantically try to rouse Dewey from a \u003cem\u003eGolden Girls\u003c\/em\u003e dream before television journalists arrive, is a masterclass in political absurdity. But the novel's real engine is Robbie - a man so thoroughly unprepared for the presidency that when asked about his vision for America, he offers a few lyrics from \u003cem\u003eWhat a Wonderful World\u003c\/em\u003e and tells his aide to write it down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The satire cuts in all directions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ​​​​​​​The party machine, corrupt billionaire puppet-masters, a fawning media, campus radicals planning \"mostly peaceful\" firebombings at the Chicago convention - no faction escapes unscathed. The fictional surveillance program \"America's Just Rewards,\" essentially a social credit system dressed up in loyalty-points marketing, provides the novel's chilling undertow beneath all the comedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The supporting cast is superb: Dinda, the idealistic campaign intern who slowly realizes the party has no actual principles; Senator Hiram Fry, a straight-talking old warhorse who delivers the novel's most sobering warnings; Lady Janice, the former First Lady desperate to return to the White House; and Marty, Robbie's long-suffering aide whose deadpan exasperation carries the humor throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Pepper writes with the confidence of someone who has watched Washington up close, and it shows. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRun Robbie Run\u003c\/em\u003e is sharp, fast, and bracingly cynical - a comic novel that lands its punches because the absurdity never strays too far from reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 16, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67996714205432,"sku":"9798991111577","price":32.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/miu4A1ld0O9798991111577.webp?v=1793998300","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/run-robbie-run-hardcover","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}