• The Price of Politics

  • By: Bob Woodward
  • Narrated by: Boyd Gaines
  • Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (332 ratings)

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The Price of Politics

By: Bob Woodward
Narrated by: Boyd Gaines
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Publisher's summary

Based on 18 months of reporting, Woodward's 17th book The Price of Politics is an intimate, documented examination of how President Obama and the highest profile Republican and Democratic leaders in the United States Congress attempted to restore the American economy and improve the federal government's fiscal condition over three and one half years. Drawn from memos, contemporaneous meeting notes, emails, and in-depth interviews with the central players, The Price of Politics addresses the key issue of the presidential and congressional campaigns: the condition of the American economy and how and why we got there.

Providing verbatim, day-by-day, even hour-by-hour accounts, the book shows what really happened, what drove the debates, negotiations, and struggles that define, and will continue to define, the American future.

©2012 Bob Woodward (P)2012 Simon & Schuster
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A great story that gets lost in the detail

What disappointed you about The Price of Politics?

I'm a newshound and a CNN junkie, but this book was a real snoozer. The author is preoccupied with reporting so many numbers, dollars, and Washington insider speak that you could play ten minutes from any part of the book (beginning, middle, end) and it ALL sounds the same. I've never wanted to get to the end of an Audible book so quickly.The narrator tries too hard to imitate the many people mentioned in the book. One minute he is trying an Ohio accent, next a Virginia accent, etc. He tries (very clumsily) to do the voices of every character in the book, to the point it becomes annoying.

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Very detailed on one area only, needed a bit more.

Where does The Price of Politics rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Woodward has done better in the past, not a bad read. He plays it pretty middle of the road.

What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?

The incompetence of the Obama administration.

If you could give The Price of Politics a new subtitle, what would it be?

Why we need to fire Obama

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Interesting but too much detail

The story is good and provides insight but has such detailed narratives (the constant back and forth asking for more cuts or revenue) that one can easily become lost.

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Woodward quality but a story lagging

Would you try another book from Bob Woodward and/or Boyd Gaines?

Woodward's access to politicos still is without match. And Gaine's read is good. But story could be told as effectively in half the length.

Would you ever listen to anything by Bob Woodward again?

Yes

What three words best describe Boyd Gaines’s performance?

Adequate but tiring

Do you think The Price of Politics needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

No follow-up. Interesting subject but entirely over cooked

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