Richler sheds light on all-or-nothing nature of political campaigning in entertaining, groundbreaking political memoir

Noah Richler talks about his new book The Candidate: Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail.

Noah Richler, pictured jokingly trying to get into the East Block recently on the Hill. 'To my astonishment, when I did set about writing The Candidate I could find no book recounting a campaign from the ground, only memoirs from on high that were innately suspect.'The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster

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BY KATE MALLOY

November 14, 2016

OTTAWA—Noah Richler knew he likely wouldn't win the Toronto riding of St. Paul's in the last election, but he went for it anyway. In fact, NDP MP Craig Scott asked him if he wouldn't mind running to lose. So after prospecting the Liberals, but getting his "hackles up" over the "immaculate lawye...

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