The Candidate: Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail

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What happens when a writer with no political experience decides to run for Parliament? In The Candidate, acclaimed Canadian author and journalist Noah Richler — son of Mordecai Richler — delivers a hilarious and revealing first-person account of his run as the NDP candidate in Toronto’s St. Paul’s riding during Canada’s 2015 federal election.

Richler pulls back the curtain on the daily chaos of the campaign trail: the door-knocking marathons, the debate prep, the gaffes and triumphs, and the strange intimacy of asking strangers for their vote. With the title nodding to Hunter S. Thompson, he writes with wit, self-deprecation, and sharp political insight — capturing both the absurdity and the genuine idealism of a political campaign.

Part memoir, part gonzo political journalism — a must-read for political junkies and anyone curious about what really happens behind the slogans: by turns funny, candid, and surprisingly moving, a rare insider’s view of democracy in action.

What happens when a writer with no political experience decides to run for Parliament? In The Candidate, acclaimed Canadian author and journalist Noah Richler — son of Mordecai Richler — delivers a hilarious and revealing first-person account of his run as the NDP candidate in Toronto’s St. Paul’s riding during Canada’s 2015 federal election. Part memoir, part gonzo political journalism, this is a behind-the-scenes look at modern campaigning as you’ve never seen it.
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nRichler pulls back the curtain on the daily chaos of the campaign trail: the door-knocking marathons, the debate prep, the gaffes and triumphs, and the strange intimacy of asking strangers for their vote. With the title nodding to Hunter S. Thompson, he writes with wit, self-deprecation, and sharp political insight — capturing both the absurdity and the genuine idealism of a political campaign.
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nA must-read for political junkies and anyone curious about what really happens behind the slogans, The Candidate is by turns funny, candid, and surprisingly moving — a rare insider’s view of democracy in action.