The Dark Side: The Personal Price of a Political Life by Steve Paikin (Viking Canada, Hardcover)

In his bestseller The Life, TVO journalist Steve Paikin told the stories of politicians who worked hard and were rewarded with success. In this follow-up he turns to the other side of public life: the crushing lows. Drawing on candid interviews, Paikin profiles Canadian politicians whose careers were derailed by defeat, scandal, personal tragedy or events beyond their control, among them former premiers David Peterson, Bob Rae, Frank McKenna, Clyde Wells, Bill Vander Zalm, Allan Blakeney, Roy Romanow and John Savage, and former prime minister Joe Clark. A compelling, anecdote-rich look at what political life costs the people who choose it and the families around them. 299 pages, with photographs and index.

Condition: Hardcover with dust jacket. Used, in like-new condition apart from minor scuffing on the dust jacket.