Trillin, Calvin

Presents political verse focusing on the 2008 race for the U.S. presidency, covering the campaign and its various contenders, including Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, and forty-fourth president of the U.S., Barack Obama.

Includes three books, "American Fried," "Alice, Let's Eat," and "Third Helpings," each containing humorous essays about restaurants, food, and eating, written by the author between 1974 and 1983 while traveling around the country in search of materials for a series of magazine articles about America.