{"product_id":"conservative-confidential-fred-litwin-9780994863003","title":"Conservative Confidential: Inside the Fabulous Blue Tent","description":"From left-wing activist in Montreal and Toronto to Conservative Party campaigner in Ottawa, Fred Litwin tells a captivating coming-out story that will delight and upset right-wingers and progressives alike. There is intrigue with the Iranian embassy, a fiercely critical examination of the gay establishment in Canada, an expos  of the politics driving senior CBC managers, and a behind-the-scenes look at the conservative movement's nasty and shadowy \"counter-jihad\" subculture. And a lot more.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Conservative Confidential\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This is a deeply personal and worthy book that gives real meaning to the word \"courage.\" Fred Litwin writes with humour and compassion about the most difficult and divisive issues in the post-9\/11 world. He shows how a whole category of people - Muslims - and their religion - Islam - are being vilified as once Jews and their faith were vilified. Friendship with Litwin has greatly enriched my life.\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003eSalim Mansur\u003c\/b\u003e, author of Delectable Lie: A Liberal Repudiation of Multiculturalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Fred Litwin has written a very interesting and revealing account of the swirling cultural and political currents around Ottawa's media, academic, and political communities. This is an important contribution to a better understanding of the layers of activity that immediately surround and inhabit the federal government. It is a very good read.\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003eConrad Black\u003c\/b\u003e, columnist for the National Post and author of Rise to Greatness: The History of Canada from the Vikings to the Present\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Fred Litwin's crisp and lively Conservative Confidential bravely beats against the currents of political correctness on the thorniest of topics. In particular, the book's in-depth analysis sheds an illuminating light on the intellectual sources of queer activism, fissures within the gay community, the myth of the Conservative \"War on Homos\" and the left-wing gay establishment's betrayal of the international gay community. \u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBarbara Kay\u003c\/b\u003e, columnist for the National Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e An eloquent mix of the personal and the global. . . Fred Litwin's first-hand account of tensions between anti-Islamism sophisticates and anti-Islam simpletons is a small gem.\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003eDaniel Pipes\u003c\/b\u003e, Director of the Middle East Forum, publisher of its Middle East Quarterly \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e My unlikely friendship with Fred Litwin began long before he asked me to lend a hand in the editing of this book, and my regard for his integrity and his honesty only deepened as the chapters came in. Like Litwin himself, Conservative Confidential defies easy classification. It's a captivating memoir, but at the same time a meticulously-researched work of journalism and serious analysis, written by a gifted storyteller. \u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003eTerry Glavin\u003c\/b\u003e, columnist for the Ottawa Citizen and the National Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fred Litwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0994863004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780994863003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northernblues Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.50d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fred Litwin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43927196172543,"sku":"9780994863003","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_dcba172a-1fa8-4a47-b48b-728e127a8252.jpg?v=1681087413","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conservative-confidential-fred-litwin-9780994863003","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}