Hope Rides Again Explained

Hope Rides Again: An Obama Biden Mystery is a 2019 book by Andrew Shaffer, published by Quirk Books. It is a sequel to Hope Never Dies, and is part of a series of books in which Joe Biden and Barack Obama are detectives solving crimes. Shaffer stated that the series is "escapist".^[1]

The content is told in the first person perspective by Biden. He and Obama look for a person who took Obama's mobile device. According to Dean Poling of the Valdosta Daily Times, Obama is the equivalent of Sherlock Holmes and Biden is the equivalent of Dr. Watson.^[2]

Reception

Kirkus Reviews wrote that the concept is "silly", and that the Biden character is "moralizing and generalizing" and not as "humorous" compared to that of the first novel.^[3]

Publishers Weekly described the work as "humorous" and stated that the book's positioning of Obama and Biden as protagonists in an action-oriented story was "convincing".^[4]

Poling compared the work to works by Kinky Friedman.^[2]

See also

• The Day of the Donald

Further reading

• Web site: Hope Rides Again. Booklist. 2019-06-01.

External links

• Hope Rides Again - Quirk Books
• Hope Rides Again - Andrew Shaffer official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Andrews-Dyer. Helena. Miss the Biden and Obama bromance? There’s — another — book for that.. The Washington Post. 2019-05-11. 2024-11-07.
2. Web site: Poling. Dean. BOOK REVIEW: Hope Rides Again: Andrew Shaffer. Valdosta Daily Times. 2019-08-16. 2024-11-07.
3. Web site: HOPE RIDES AGAIN. Kirkus Reviews. 2019-07-09. 2024-11-07.
4. Web site: Hope Rides Again. Publishers Weekly. 2024-11-07.