Author: matttaibbi

In this Washington Post Best Book of 2017, a New York Times bestselling author delivers “a searing exposé” (Kirkus Reviews) of Eric Garner’s death at the hands of a New York Police Department officer. “Brilliant… A necessary and riveting work” (Booklist starred review).

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Dispatches from the 2016 election that provide an eerily prescient take on our democracy’s uncertain future, by the country’s most perceptive and fearless political journalist. In twenty-five pieces from Rolling Stone—plus two original essays—Matt Taibbi tells the story of Western civilization’s very own train wreck, from its tragicomic beginnings to its apocalyptic conclusion. Years before the clown car of candidates was fully loaded, Taibbi grasped the essential themes of the story: the power of spectacle over substance, or even truth; the absence of a shared reality; the nihilistic rebellion of the white working class; the…