The book has "become an increasingly relevant read in recent years," because Trump is very likely to turn America into a totalitarian patriarchal theocracy. “At this moment in U.S. history, quite a few people are worried that it's going that way," the author told NPR.
In completely unrelated news, Hulu is about to release a series based on the book, and advertised it during the Superbowl.
Hyperbolic anti-Trump hysteria: it's not helping.
Yeah, I can understanding why sales have picked up, but not to that extent. It's not a great book.
ReplyDeleteIn other news, some Italian anti-Enlightenment philosopher I'd never heard of is getting play, courtesy of Bannon. Guy named Ebola, er, Evola.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/world/europe/bannon-vatican-julius-evola-fascism.html?smid=tw-share
Kind of thing that does not discourage paranoia.
"Kind of thing that does not discourage paranoia."
ReplyDeleteUnderstatement of the fucking year.
Is there a way to see actual numbers of book sold? I couldn't find it. 200% is rather meaningless without the actual number of books sold before and after. Just a random gripe.
ReplyDeleteLOOOL that did not even occur to me.
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