{"product_id":"the-american-beast-by-jill-lepore-9781399810180","title":"The American Beast","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAS HEARD ON RADIO 4'S WOMEN'S HOUR\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerica's greatest living essayist . . . Wonderful\u003c\/em\u003e — Fintan O'Toole\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA panoptical vision of modern America, from the brilliant mind of Jill Lepore.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe past decade has marked a shift in America's trajectory. Jill Lepore, the acclaimed writer and \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e columnist, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833569136876,"sku":"9781399810180","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5d001fab99b64b7df7ddab2f7f7a5840.jpg?v=1758833414","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-american-beast-by-jill-lepore-9781399810180","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}