Author:Matt Taibbi
One of the most important voices in contemporary American journalism - Independent
Matt Taibbi is one of the few journalists in America who speaks truth to power - Bernie Sanders
Matt Taibbi is the best polemic journalist in America - Felix Salmon
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"The thing is, when you actually think about it, it's not funny. Given what's at stake, it's more like the opposite, like the first sign of the collapse of the United States as a global superpower. Twenty years from now, when we're all living like prehistory hominids and hunting rats with sticks, we'll probably look back at this moment as the beginning of the end."
In this groundbreaking battery of dispatches from the heartland of America, Matt Taibbi tells the full story of the Trump phenomenon, from its tragi-comic beginnings to the apocalyptic election. Full of sharp, on-the-ground reporting and gallows humour, his incisive analysis goes beyond the bizarre and disturbing election to tell a wider story of the apparent collapse of American democracy. Taibbi saw the essential themes right from the start: the power of spectacle over truth; the end of a shared reality on the left and right; the nihilistic rebellion of the white working class; the death of the political establishment; and the emergence of a new, explicit form of white nationalism.
From the thwarted Bernie Sanders insurgency to the aimless Hillary Clinton campaign, across the flailing media coverage and the trampled legacy of Obama, this is the story of ordinary voters forced to bear witness to the whole charade. At the centre of it all, "a bumbling train wreck of a candidate who belched and preened his way past a historically weak field" who, improbably, has taken control of the world's most powerful nation.
This is essential and hilarious reading that explores how the new America understands itself, and about the future of the world just beyond the horizon.
Taibbi, a writer of striking intelligence and bold ideas, is as hilarious as he is scathing
—— Publishers WeeklyA lively set of dispatches [that] unfolds as a comedy [but] slowly turns into a horror movie.
—— Kirkus ReviewsIncisive and often incredibly funny . . . Matt Taibbi is the spiritual heir of legendary presidential campaign scribes Hunter S. Thompson and Tim Crouse ... Insane Clown President is a valuable work about one of the most bizarre electoral outcomes in American history
—— Santa Barbara IndependentScathing . . . What keeps the pages turning in this so freshly familiar story line is the vivid observation and original turns of phrase.
—— San Francisco ChronicleOne of the most important voices in contemporary American journalism
—— IndependentMatt Taibbi is one of the few journalists in America who speaks truth to power
—— Bernie SandersMatt Taibbi is the best polemic journalist in America
—— Felix SalmonMatt Taibbi is [Hunter S.] Thompson’s heir. . . .
—— Seattle Post-IntelligencerTaibbi may be the only political writer in America that matters.
—— Hartford AdvocateAt its heart is a serious reminder of how too often history robs the powerless of their voices
—— Daily MailThink of it as a socially-aware Goosebumps book for grown-ups
—— ShortlistWhat begins as dude-bro send-up soon spirals into a supernatural revenge fantasy keyed to America's history of racism
—— ObserverA captivating satire about race and music
—— The Week, Novel of the WeekBoth like a radical revenge fantasia and a stern lesson in radical empathy
—— SpectatorKunzru's awareness and discernment have particular value in an America of the moment where nothing less than the country's meaning is at stake... unmoored between the heart that's felt it and the tip of the tongue that awaits the heart's transmission, in search of a promise that's determined to keep itself
—— The New York TimesA witty, strange and often very moving book
—— Financial TimesDeep themes on the nature of memory, race and authenticity
—— The TimesA brave book and often very funny
—— Sunday Telegraph[An] excellent ghost story... A mesmerising tale of white guilt and black oppression in America
—— Evening StandardA nightmarish page-turner... A disorientating odyssey through American history and a lesson in what happens when art is hijacked for less than noble aims
—— Daily TelegraphThis rich novel embraces the Deep South, a murder and a wealthy family's dark secret, while riffing on art and authenticity
—— Mail on SundayFull of verve and rhythm, White Tears cleverly skewers ideas about angst surrounding white appropriation of black music
—— Financial TimesA fast-paced, ambitious, hallucinatory mystery
—— Publishers WeeklyPublisher's description. Electrifying, subversive and wildly original, White Tears is a ghost story and a love story, a story about lost innocence and historical guilt. This unmissable novel penetrates the heart of a nation's darkness, encountering a suppressed history of greed, envy, revenge and exploitation, and holding a mirror up to the true nature of America today.
—— PenguinCompulsively readable, masterly - a tour de force
—— Rachel KushnerRiveting from the very first page, I was completely addicted... A literary thriller and a timely, unsparing excavation of the very real spectre of race in America's past and present. White Tears is proof that Kunzru is one of the finest novelists of his generation...
—— Mirza WaheedHari Kunzru is an incredibly versatile writer who is alert to the inequalities in the world... Powerful and complex, White Tears is a novel about abuses of wealth and power. Brilliantly orchestrated, unforgettable and devastating
—— Bernardine EvaristoHari Kunzru is one of our most important novelists
—— Independent on SundayKunzru's engagingly wired prose and agile plotting sweep all before them
—— New YorkerMarvellous, original and intelligent. Kunzru writes like a master storyteller... There's simply nothing [he] couldn't manage in prose
—— Literary ReviewExquisitely rendered, with raw anguish sublimated into lyrical prose.
—— Washington PostHeartbreaking … Arguably the best of the new wave of Irish writers to have emerged over the last decade
—— Irish Mail on the Sunday, Books of the YearRyan has the gift of ventriloquism - he inhabits his fictional creations thoroughly, enveloping you in their worlds
—— Sunday Business Post, Books of the YearSublime
—— Irish Independent, Books of the YearFrom a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan made me laugh and cry and forced me to look strangers in the eye
—— Liz Nugent , Irish Times, Books of the YearBeautifully bleak and characterised by his remarkable ability to write about grief and common humanities.
—— Diarmaid Ferriter , Irish Times, Books of the YearBeautiful, compassionate
—— Sinéad Crowley , RTÉ Culture, Best Books of 2018Superlatives wouldn’t do for describing From a Low and Quiet Sea … understated, and gloriously heart rendering
—— Hot Press, Books of the YearStrout turns her clear, incisive gaze on the intricacies and betrayals of small town life
—— Maggie O'FarrellAnything is Possible is predictably great because it's written by Elizabeth Strout, and brilliantly unpredictable - because it is written by Elizabeth Strout
—— Roddy Doyle
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