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this is a fabulous book not because i am a political junkie but my cue from the middle. you should have said middle hot seat. [laughter] think you this book is being released today it is called the rogue searching for the real sarah palin and of 39 joins us to talk about the newly released book from new york. joe mcginniss how is it you ended up living next to sarah palin when you were researching your book? i got very lucky. i was in alaska may 2010 and actually looking for a place to live because i new-line would be out there for a few months. i wanted to live in wasilla because of that point in my research 80% of the people i still needed to talk to work and or the year wasilla and so when our 10 minutes away in anchorage, i found an apartment a little mother-in-law apartment rented by a school teacher. i was going to go over a 6:00 at night to sign the four month lease and a 3:00 that afternoon my cellphone rings and it was a woman named katherine taylor. she said