{"product_id":"9781399810180","title":"The American Beast","description":"Author: Jill Lepore\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399810180\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: John Murray\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 14 Nov 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAS HEARD ON RADIO 4'S WOMEN'S HOUR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'America's greatest living essayist . . . Wonderful' Fintan O'Toole\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA panoptical\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003evision of modern America, from the   brilliant mind of Jill Lepore.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   The past decade has marked a shift in America's trajectory. Jill Lepore, the acclaimed   writer and \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003ecolumnist, has been tracing   its contested storylines in real time, beginning with the run-up to   Donald Trump's election, through to the chaos and confusion left in its wake.   Here we encounter Americans' rising techno-utopianism, frantic fractiousness,   and unprecedented - but armed - aimlessness.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   With the wit and verve that has made her the acclaimed national historian of a   generation, these essays reflect on the consuming public fissures of this era:   culture wars and the corrosion of the media; disruptive innovation and the   future of technology; constitutional crises surrounding gun rights and the   racial history behind the very language of insurrection. Balancing a   penetrating personal lens with indispensable history, she makes sense of life   in a moment of aberration and extremity that has left our political landscape   forever changed.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003ci\u003eThe American Beast\u003c\/i\u003e offers an arresting portrait of America,   capturing the tumultuous relationship between the country's violent past and   fractured present.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46395809792158,"sku":"ADS-9781399810180","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781399810180.jpg?v=1768266157","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781399810180","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}