Insane Clown President

Dispatches from the American Circus

Matt Taibbi

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W H ALLEN
19 March 2018

Reportage & collected journalism; History; Politics & government; Elections & referenda; Political leaders & leadership

'The best polemic journalist in America' on the crazy world of contemporary American politics.

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.

By: Matt Taibbi
Imprint: W H ALLEN
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 239g
ISBN: 9780753548417
ISBN 10: 0753548410
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 19 March 2018
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Professional and scholarly , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

MATT TAIBBI, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Divide, Griftopia, and The Great Derangement, is a contributing editor for Rolling Stone and winner of the 2007 National Magazine Award for Columns and Commentary.

Reviews for Insane Clown President: Dispatches from the American Circus

Taibbi, a writer of striking intelligence and bold ideas, is as hilarious as he is scathing * Publishers Weekly * A lively set of dispatches [that] unfolds as a comedy [but] slowly turns into a horror movie. * Kirkus Reviews * Incisive 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 Independent * Scathing . . . What keeps the pages turning in this so freshly familiar story line is the vivid observation and original turns of phrase. * San Francisco Chronicle * 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 * Matt Taibbi is [Hunter S.] Thompson’s heir. . . . * Seattle Post-Intelligencer * Taibbi may be the only political writer in America that matters. * Hartford Advocate *