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A brilliant work of narrative nonfiction' Booklist
Matt Taibbi is one of the few journalists in America who speaks truth to power' Bernie Sanders
A searing exposé' Kirkus Review
Taibbi may be the only political writer in America that matters' Hartford Advocate
The incredible story of the death of Eric Garner, the birth of the BLACK LIVES MATTER movement and the new fault lines of race, protest, policing and the power of the people.
On July 17, 2014, a forty-three-year-old black man named Eric Garner died in New York after a police officer put him in a chokehold during an arrest for selling bootleg cigarettes. The final moments of his life were captured on video and seen by millions his agonised last words, I can't breathe, becoming a rallying cry for the nascent Black Lives Matter protest movement.
Matt Taibbi, bestselling author and the best polemic journalist in Ameri
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Marries the best instincts of explanatory narrative journalism with uncompromising moral clarity ... a vital account of police violence. Taibbi, through thorough reporting and captivating writing, captures the totality of an American tragedy * Wesley Lowery, Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of THEY CAN'T KILL US ALL: THE STORY OF BLACK LIVES MATTER *
[A] brilliant work of narrative nonfiction ... a necessary and riveting work * Booklist (STARRED REVIEW) *
The narrative unfolds like an episode of The Wire. . . . Heartbreaking and compulsively readable * Washington Post *
One of the most important voices in contemporary American journalism * Independent *
[A] searing exposé … what emerges from the author's superb reporting and vivid writing is a tragically revealing look at a broken criminal justice system * Kirkus Review (STARRED REVIEW) *
