{"product_id":"liars-circus-a-strange-and-terrifying-journey-into-the-upside-down-world-of-trumps-maga-rallies","title":"Liar's Circus: A Strange and Terrifying Journey Into the Upside-Down World of Trump's Maga Rallies","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLiar's Circus: A Strange and Terrifying Journey Into the Upside-Down World of Trump's Maga Rallies\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eCarl Hoffman\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780063009769\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eMariner Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2020\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e272\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A brilliant, riveting, funny, terrifying journey into the beating heart of Trumpland.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e--Liza Mundy, author of \u003cem\u003eCode Girls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this daring work\u003cbr\u003eof immersive journalism, based on hundreds of hours of reporting, Carl Hoffman journeys deep inside Donald Trump's rallies, seeking to understand the strange\u003cbr\u003eand powerful tribe that forms the president's base. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoffman, who has written about the most dangerous and remote corners of the world, pierced this\u003cbr\u003ealternate society, welcomed in and initiated into its rites and upside-down\u003cbr\u003ebeliefs, and finally ushered to its inner sanctum. Equally freewheeling and\u003cbr\u003eprofound, \u003cem\u003eLiar's Circus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003etracks the MAGA\u003cbr\u003efaithful across five thousand miles of the American heartland during a crucial arc\u003cbr\u003eof the Trump presidency stretching from the impeachment saga to the dawn of the\u003cbr\u003ecoronavirus pandemic that ended the rallies as we know it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrump's\u003cbr\u003erallies are a singular and defining force in American history--a kind of Rosetta\u003cbr\u003estone to understanding the Age of Trump. Yet while much remarked upon, they\u003cbr\u003eare, in fact, little examined, with the focus almost always on Trump's latest\u003cbr\u003eoutrageous statement. But who are the tens of thousands of people who fill these\u003cbr\u003earenas? What do they see in Trump? And what curious alchemy--between president\u003cbr\u003eand adoring crowd--happens there that might explain Trump's rise and powerful\u003cbr\u003ehold over both his base and the GOP?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo\u003cbr\u003ethose on the left, the rallies are a Black Mass of American politics at which\u003cbr\u003eTrump plays high priest, recklessly summoning the darkest forces within the\u003cbr\u003enation. To the MAGA faithful, the rallies are a form of pilgrimage, a joyous\u003cbr\u003eceremony that like all rituals binds people together and makes them feel a part\u003cbr\u003eof something bigger than themselves. Both sides would acknowledge that this\u003cbr\u003etraveling roadshow is the pressurized, combustible core of Trump's political\u003cbr\u003epower, a meeting of the faithful where Trump is unshackled and his rhetoric\u003cbr\u003ereaches its most extreme, with downstream consequences for the rest of the\u003cbr\u003enation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo\u003cbr\u003edate, no reporter has sought to understand the rallies as a sociological\u003cbr\u003ephenomenon examined from the bottom up. Hoffman has done just this. He has\u003cbr\u003estood in line for more than 170 hours with Trump's most ardent superfans and\u003cbr\u003ejoined them at the very front row; he has traveled from Minnesota to Texas, \u003cbr\u003eLouisiana, Mississippi, and New Hampshire immersing himself in their\u003cbr\u003eculture. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiar's Circus\u003c\/em\u003e is a revelatory portrait of Trump's America, from\u003cbr\u003eone of our most intrepid journalists. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Liar's Circus: A Strange and Terrifying Journey Into the Upside-Down World of Trump's Maga Rallies | Carl Hoffman | Hardcover | 9780063009769 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks D 1760275","offer_id":49199080145048,"sku":"1760275","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81zQcdR3weL.jpg?v=1780694544","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/liars-circus-a-strange-and-terrifying-journey-into-the-upside-down-world-of-trumps-maga-rallies","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}