The Last Magazine
Author: Hastings, Michael
ISBN: 9780147516183
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 15 Jan 2017
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback
A posthumous wry, wise and outrageous novel from award-winning journalist Michael Hastings, based on his experiences working for Newsweek Magazine in the mid 2000s.
"The funniest, most savage takedown of the American newsmedia since Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72."-The Washington Post
Michael Hastings' untimely death at the age of thirty-three rocked the journalism community. But the New York Times bestselling author of The Operators left behind an unexpected legacy: a wickedly funny novel based on Hastings's own journalistic experiences in the mid-2000s. Discovered in his files, the novel features a wet-behind-the-ears intern named Michael M. Hastings who must choose between his career and the truth. A searing portrait of print journalism's last glory days, The Last Magazine earned Hastings comparisons to Evelyn Waugh and Hunter S. Thompson and stands as a testament to one of America's most treasured reporters.
ISBN: 9780147516183
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 15 Jan 2017
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback
A posthumous wry, wise and outrageous novel from award-winning journalist Michael Hastings, based on his experiences working for Newsweek Magazine in the mid 2000s.
"The funniest, most savage takedown of the American newsmedia since Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72."-The Washington Post
Michael Hastings' untimely death at the age of thirty-three rocked the journalism community. But the New York Times bestselling author of The Operators left behind an unexpected legacy: a wickedly funny novel based on Hastings's own journalistic experiences in the mid-2000s. Discovered in his files, the novel features a wet-behind-the-ears intern named Michael M. Hastings who must choose between his career and the truth. A searing portrait of print journalism's last glory days, The Last Magazine earned Hastings comparisons to Evelyn Waugh and Hunter S. Thompson and stands as a testament to one of America's most treasured reporters.
