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Book

Liar's circus : a strange and terrifying journey into the upside-down world of Trump's MAGA rallies

Call Number

  • 973.933 H6992 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Custom House, [2020]

Physical Description

xii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Summary

"Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail meets a work of daring and immersive contemporary anthropology: Carl Hoffman, who has written about the most dangerous and remote corners of the world, journeys deep inside President Trump's rallies, seeking to understand the strange and powerful tribe that forms the president's base"--

Contents

  • Author's note
  • Part one: Hell. The crowd loves density ; Are you a good person? ; You must love Jesus more than your own life ; He's heaven-sent ; Dream on ; The people and the anti-people ; They even downsized Walmart ; It's all psyops ; Ordinary people ; She'd kill to win ; The leader wants to survive
  • Part two: Purgatory. Her penis is swinging ; I'd pick up his poop ; I would fight you for him ; That black woman was not here ; We are kicking their ass ; Thousands cried out--some fainted ; A self-induced imaginary frenzy ; They got full of ideas ; We have a solution ; Coercion. Domination. Control.
  • Part three: Paradise. I won't bend over and lick their ass ; The Q clock will blow your mind ; Someday we'll go for a horseback ride.

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