In this account of Pauline Hanson's doomed 1998 election campaign, journalist Margo Kingston takes us on a kaleidoscopic trip through the back country of Australia's political landscape. This is strange territory, where bad press becomes good news, enemies trade advice and the political-media game is played at its most raw. Beyond the blunders, emotions boil as Hanson's road show slams into confrontations over race and Austalia's identity.