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Bill Rowe, author of the critically acclaimed political drama Danny Williams: The War with Ottawa (Globe and Mail Bestseller, 2010), is back in fighting form and ready to throw a few more punches at the local, national, and world leaders who fill our lives with endless amusement and exasperation. Rowe’s newspaper columns, written between 2005 and 2007 and collected here for the first time under one cover, are a tour de force that challenge the reader to take on political lightweights and heavyweights alike, societal ills at home and abroad, and always question motives and demand answers from those in power. Peppered with the same dry wit and humour that propelled this author onto a national stage, this collection is, quite simply, a must-read.
In 2004, Danny Williams, premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, hired veteran politico and popular radio talk-show host Bill Rowe to represent his province’s interests in Ottawa. This memoir covers the eight months Rowe served with Premier Williams during what became widely known as the Atlantic Accord Crisis and a bitter, long-lasting feud between Williams and the top brass on Parliament Hill. Combining high drama and hard-hitting analysis of the ruthless game of federal politics with hilarious commentary on the very human side of those involved, Danny Williams: The War With Ottawa is the story of a defining time for Williams and his political career . . . and the story of a premier every Canadian came to love or hate.
#2 on the Globe and Mail (Canadian Non-Fiction) Bestseller List
(October 16, 2010)
#4 on the Globe and Mail (Non-fiction) Bestseller List
(October 16, 2010)
#25 on the Hill Times Top 100 Books Published in 2010
(November 22, 2010)
#11 on the Hill Times Editors’ 15 Picks (November 22, 2010)
#23 on the Globe and Mail Top 25 (Non-Fiction) Bestsellers of 2010
#4 on the Quill and Quire (Trade Paper Non-Fiction) Bestseller List
(January/February 2011)
#14 on the Quill and Quire (Canadian Top 20) Bestseller List
(January/February 2011)
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