In his national bestseller Liar's Poker, Michael Lewis skewered Wall Street and the financial world. Now, in this wickedly funny political chronicle, he looks back at the last presidential campaign to see how Americans really go about choosing their next president and interprets its significance for America as a nation.

Lewis crisscrosses the country as he chases the contenders for the Oval Office. He accompanies Pat Buchanan on a walking tour of American voter anger. He watches as an unknown Midwestern businessman known as "the Grizz" tries to become the symbol of "ordinary American ambition". He takes copious notes as Bob Dole stumbles and ultimately proves that he could never be president. A striking look at America and its politics, as well as at the chasm between voters and their candidates, Trail Fever is a masterly observation of the American scene.

"Genuinely funny and insightful...the work of a truly gifted writer, assuring Mr. Lewis well-deserved hegemony in the titanic struggle to capture the Clinton era". -- Wall Street Journal

"Funny, irreverent, and always sensitive... perceptive". -- Philadelphia Inquirer