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Howl’s No. 8: Freak Kingdom

December 8, 2019 by Wayne No Comments

Author: Timothy Denevi

A new perspective on ‘Raoul Duke’ aka Hunter S. Thompson, the drug-addled, wise guy critic of the American dream re-cast as a crusader, seeking to uphold what he believed American could be—and should not become. Denevi’s book puts Thompson’s antics and writing in a new light: a relentless (and inspiring) effort to confront hypocrisy and injustice with the best weapons that Thompson owned – his writing and humour. 

“Freak Kingdom…sheds new light on Thompson’s politically awakening and reporting — and the toll it took on him and his later work and life. Few books this season will give you a stronger and more chilling sense of déjà vu…The book chronicles, in absorbing day-by-day detail, how Thompson intersected with history more than some may recall.”―Rolling Stone

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Howl’s No. 9 – The Ministry of Truth

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Author: Dorian Lynskey

What more could the ‘thinking’ bibliophile ask for in 2019! 

A book about a book that was, and remains, one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century as well as the perfect harbinger of our ‘post truth’ age.

Dorian Lynskey’s The Ministry of Truth explores the epochal and cultural event that is George Orwell’s 1984, from its roots in the author’s own life and experiences and the utopian and dystopian literature that preceded it, through to the cultural and political fires that the novel ignited upon publication. Lynskey’s work, predictably, raises themes that have taken on new meaning in our ‘alternative facts’ age. 

“A rich and compelling case for the novel as the summation of Orwell’s entire body of work and a master key to understanding the modern world. . . Lynskey’s account of the reach of 1984 is revelatory.”—George Packer, The Atlantic 

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