It had never been attempted before, and might never be done again. One man watching another man write a novel from beginning to end.
On September 1, 2014, in an 11th floor apartment in New York, Lee Child embarked on the twentieth book in his globally successful Jack Reacher series. Andy Martin was there to see him do it, sitting a couple of yards behind him, peering over his shoulder as the writer took another drag of a Camel cigarette and tapped out the first sentence: ‘Moving a guy as big as Keever wasn’t easy.’ Miraculously, Child and Martin stuck with it, in tandem, for the next 8 months, right through to the bitter-sweet end and the last word, ‘needle’.
Reacher Said Nothing is a one-of-a-kind meta-book, an uncompromising account in real time of the genesis, evolution and completion of a single work, Make Me. While unveiling the art of writing a thriller Martin also gives us a unique insight into the everyday life of an exemplary writer. From beginning to end, Martin captures all the sublime confidence, stumbling uncertainty, omniscience, cluelessness, ecstasy, despair, and heart-thumping suspense that go into writing a number-one bestseller.
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Introduction 1
Part 1: Politics and You 7
Part 2: Making Your Voice Heard 29
Part 3: Politics is a Team Sport 67
Part 4: It’s All Marketing 131
Part 5: Let the Campaigns Begin 189
Part 6: Presidential Politics 263
Part 7: The Part of Tens 311
Appendix: State ID Voting Requirements 331
Index 353
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Andy Martin is the author of With Child: Lee Child and the Readers of Jack Reacher. He writes for The Independent and The New York Times and teaches at the University of Cambridge. His book on surfing, Walking on Water, is a cult classic.
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