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Book SynopsisFrom award-winning, bestselling author Patrick Radden Keefe, a collection of his phenomenal essays published in the
New Yorker,
ranging from forgery to reality TV.
Trade ReviewEminently bingeable, religiously fact-checked and seductively globetrotting . . . A preternaturally attentive reporter at work. * Observer *
A new book by Keefe means
drop everything and close the blinds; you’ll be turning pages for hours . . .
Highly entertaining’ * Los Angeles Times *
Keefe follows his award-winning opus with a collection of 12 pen portraits . . . that are no less compelling for being sketched on a smaller canvas. * Financial Times ‘Best Summer Books of 2022’ *
Reflects the collective preoccupations of the unsettling era in which we now live:
mass shootings and terrorism, mental health issues, and the many flavors of financial corruption . . .
Keefe is a virtuoso storyteller, able to create suspense with his descriptions of how these crimes unfolded. * Washington Post *
Each [piece] could be a book in its own right . . . [Keefe] has an eye for the smallest detail that reveals something big. * Sunday Times *
A wonderful book, not only because Keefe's prose is masterful, but because he has a preternatural gift for reading people. * National Public Radio *
Extraordinary * Wall Street Journal *
One of the finest non-fiction writers of his generation * Toronto Star *
A king of contemporary nonfiction * Entertainment Weekly *
Iconic . . . Keefe delivers masterpieces * Oprah Daily *
I read everything he writes. Every time he writes a book, I read it. Every time he writes an article, I read it . . . he’s a national treasure. -- Rachel Maddow
