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erronis

(23,130 posts)
6. Guardian review of "Behold, America"
Wed Aug 13, 2025, 01:19 PM
Aug 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/14/behold-america-sarah-churchwell-review-fight-for-american-dream

Behold, America is an enthralling book, almost a primer for the ferocious dialectic of US politics, inspired by the events of 2015/16. It will no doubt take an influential place on a teeming shelf of Trump-lit. Much of its force derives from the echoes of the present it finds in the thunderous caverns of the past, blurred by the distortions of history. Passionate, well-researched and comprehensive, it is both a document of our times and a thrilling survey of a half-forgotten and neglected dimension of the American story – a tale full of sound and fury currently being narrated by an idiot.

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