America, The Farewell Tour Paperback by Chris Hedges

Product Details

• Publisher: Vintage Canada (2019-08-27)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 400 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780735275973
• Item Weight: 419.58 grams
• Dimensions: 8.96 x 6.0 x 0.91 cm

Chris Hedges's brilliant, profound examination of America in crisis is "an exceedingly...provocative book, certain to arouse controversy, but offering a point of view that needs to be heard" (Booklist), about how bitter hopelessness and malaise have resulted in a culture of sadism and hate.

In astonishing, tough, first-hand reportage travelling through America and its dark heartlands, Hedges draws on stories from inside communities across the land and reveals how the hurricanes of change have allowed an array of pathologies to arise: the opioid crisis, the retreat into gambling, the corporate coup d'état of government, the pornification of culture, the rise of magical thinking, the emboldening of violence and hate, the plagues of suicides, and the global upheaval caused by catastrophic climate change. These are just some of the physical manifestations of a society unraveling. Such ills presage a frightening reconfiguration of our lives--particularly in the face of our neighbour's degeneration as a world power.

About the Author

CHRIS HEDGES spent nearly two decades reporting in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. After fifteen years at the New York Times, he now writes a weekly column for the online magazine Truthdig. His bestselling books include Empire of Illusion, Death of the Liberal Class and his classic War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning. He is married to the Canadian actor Eunice Wong. They live in Princeton.