{"product_id":"the-great-derangement-9780385520621","title":"The Great Derangement","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA REVELATORY AND DARKLY COMIC ADVENTURE THROUGH A NATION ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN—FROM THE HALLS OF CONGRESS TO THE BASES OF BAGHDAD TO THE APOCALYPTIC CHURCHES OF THE HEARTLAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e’s\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eMatt Taibbi set out to describe the nature of George Bush’s America in the post-9\/11 era and ended up vomiting demons in an evangelical church in Texas, riding the streets of Baghdad in an American convoy to nowhere, searching for phantom fighter jets in Congress, and falling into the rabbit hole of the 9\/11 Truth Movement.\u003cbr\u003eMatt discovered in his travels across the country that the resilient blue state\/red state narrative of American politics had become irrelevant. A large and growing chunk of the American population was so turned off—or radicalized—by electoral chicanery, a spineless news media, and the increasingly blatant lies from our leaders (“they hate us for our freedom”) that they abandoned the politi","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525106835799,"sku":"9780385520621","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780385520621.jpg?v=1731859248","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-great-derangement-9780385520621","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}