RaveThe Los Angeles Review of BooksOn the face of it, this is a typical ‘onward and upward’ story, but Franken delivers it with his irrepressible, self-deprecating Minnesota brand of ironic humor, spicing it up by skewering people like Ted Cruz and Rush Limbaugh with their own statements, laying out the absurdity of much of today’s conservative agenda, and projecting a common-sense, progressive approach to politics and policy … Franken spends a good number of pages on how he functions as a United States senator, offering inside information and providing us with useful tips … Franken’s account is peppered with many funny stories and commentaries about the politicians we read about in the papers.
