People tend to remember the moment they first heard The Rush
Limbaugh Show on the radio. For Zev Chafets, it was in a car in
Detroit. The braggadocio, the outrageous satire, the slaughtering of
liberal sacred cows performed with the verve of a rock and roll DJ-it
seemed fresh, funny, and completely subversive. "They're never
going to let this guy stay on the air," he thought.

Almost
two decades later Chafets met Rush and they spent hours together talking
on the record about politics, sports, music, show business, religion,
and modern American history. Rush opened his home and his world,
introducing Chafets to his family, his closest friends, even his
psychologist.

What has emerged after months of correspondence
revealing Rush Limbaugh's thoughts, fears, and ambitions, is a uniquely
personal look at the man who is not only the most popular voice on the
radio, but also one of the most influential figures in the conservative
movement.