{"product_id":"i-cant-breathe-9780753548691","title":"I Cant Breathe","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant work of narrative nonfiction' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatt Taibbi is one of the few journalists in America who speaks truth to power'\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003ci\u003eBernie Sanders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA searing exposé' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaibbi may be the only political writer in America that matters' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eHartford Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 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 \u003ci\u003eBlack Lives Matter\u003c\/i\u003e protest movement.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatt Taibbi, bestselling author and the best polemic journalist in Ameri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarries 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\u003c\/b\u003e * Wesley Lowery, Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of THEY CAN'T KILL US ALL: THE STORY OF BLACK LIVES MATTER *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e[A] brilliant work of narrative nonfiction ... a necessary and riveting work\u003c\/b\u003e * Booklist (STARRED REVIEW) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe narrative unfolds like an episode of \u003ci\u003eThe Wire.\u003c\/i\u003e . . . Heartbreaking and compulsively readable\u003c\/b\u003e * Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the most important voices in contemporary American journalism\u003c\/b\u003e * Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e[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\u003c\/b\u003e * Kirkus Review (STARRED REVIEW) *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ebury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737032405335,"sku":"9780753548691","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780753548691.jpg?v=1723810918","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/i-cant-breathe-9780753548691","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}