{"product_id":"the-sky-is-falling-9780241373873","title":"The Sky is Falling","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''You''ll never look at your  favourite movies and TV shows the same way again. And you shouldn''t''  Steven Soderbergh\u003cbr\u003e ''Insanely readable''  Slavoj Zizek\u003cbr\u003e''Your book was ... like a bag of pot, with me saying, ''I''m not gonna   smoke.'' But I was insatiable'' Quentin Tarantino on \u003ci\u003eEasy Riders, Raging Bulls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Sky is Falling!\u003c\/i\u003e  bestselling cultural critic Peter Biskind takes us on a dizzying ride  across  two decades of pop culture to show how the TV and movies we love - from \u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e24 \u003c\/i\u003eto\u003ci\u003e Homeland \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIron Man \u003c\/i\u003e-  have taught us to love political extremism. Welcome to a darkly  pessimistic, apocalyptic world where winter has come, the dead are  walking, and ultra violence, revenge and torture are all in a day''s  work. Welcome to the new normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e * - *\u003cbr\u003eCompulsively readable ... a thoughtful, entertaining and occasionally profound critical study of the texts that entertain, move and, sometimes, shape us * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eExcellent critical writing ... Biskind's pastiche of right-wing paranoia is spot on * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eBiskind's wide-ranging arguments offer considerable food for thought * London Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sky is Falling! \u003c\/i\u003eis not only insanely readable, it demonstrates how the way for Trump and all kinds of fundamentalists was paved years ago by apparently apolitical popular culture. This is a book about the seismic change at the very heart of today's society, and a book for all those who want to know exactly what a mess we're in. -- Slavoj Žižek\u003cbr\u003ePeter Biskind's kaleidoscopic deep dive into the symbiotic relationship between the narratives of popular entertainment and our political culture had me talking out loud to myself. You'll never look at your favorite movies and TV shows the same way again. And you shouldn't. -- Steven Soderbergh\u003cbr\u003eFunny, intelligent and frightening ... What happens when pop turns to pulp? When \"nothing entertains but disaster?\" When \"democracy has all but dissolved in the acid rain of money?\" Read this marvellous book and find the answers -- Michael Wood\u003cbr\u003eA breathless compendium of storylines and audacious analysis ... touching on worthwhile questions about how film and TV shape our sense of history and how the world works. Pop culture has become pulp culture... which superhero will come to our rescue? * Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe only thing better than seeing a good movie is reading what Peter Biskind has to say about it. Who else can explicate the hidden politics of movies and make you laugh out loud at the same time? -- Barbara Ehrenreich\u003cbr\u003eThe great chronicler of Hollywood in the late twentieth century turns his critical eye to the cinema and television of the twenty first. Essential reading -- Colin MacCabe\u003cbr\u003eA bold, witty, and brilliantly argued analysis of the role pop culture has played in the rise of American extremism -- Ruth Reichl\u003cbr\u003eYour book was . . . like a bag of pot, with me saying, 'I'm not gonna smoke.' But I was insatiable -- Quentin Tarantino on EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49371649048919,"sku":"9780241373873","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241373873.jpg?v=1730154063","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-sky-is-falling-9780241373873","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}