PositiveThe New York Times Book ReviewBrolic and dazzlingly written ... Cunningham captures the grind and the mundanity of the campaign with precision and humor ... Each time Cunningham moved away from the urgent present of the campaign and David’s close but amorphous connection with Beverly, it lost momentum. Also, with autofiction that incorporates so many obvious allusions to famous people — and some actual real people are named here, too — why this instead of a memoir? ... Rarer is a debut that announces a talent like Cunningham’s. This is a writer who clearly loves Black people. But this affection is also a challenge. A charge to interrogate the social and spiritual cost of currency. And a reminder not to look at the Candidate’s face for answers.
