{"product_id":"9780063009776","title":"Liar's Circus: A Strange and Terrifying Journey Into the Upside-Down World of Trump's MAGA Rallies","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHoffman, Carl\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A brilliant, riveting, funny, terrifying journey into\u003cbr\u003ethe beating heart of Trumpland.”—Liza Mundy, author of \u003cem\u003eCode Girls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this daring work of immersive journalism, \u003cem\u003eNew York\u003cbr\u003eTimes \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author Carl Hoffman journeys deep inside Donald Trump’s\u003cbr\u003erallies, providing a definitive portrait of the strange and powerful tribe that\u003cbr\u003eforms the former president’s base.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoffman, who has written about the most dangerous and remote\u003cbr\u003ecorners of the world, pierced this alternate society, welcomed in and initiated\u003cbr\u003einto its rites and upside-down beliefs, and finally ushered to its inner\u003cbr\u003esanctum. Equally freewheeling and profound, \u003cem\u003eLiar’s Circus \u003c\/em\u003etracks the\u003cbr\u003eMAGA faithful across five thousand miles of the American heartland during a\u003cbr\u003ecrucial arc of the Trump presidency stretching from the impeachment saga to the\u003cbr\u003edawn of the coronavirus pandemic that ended the rallies as we know them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrump’s rallies are a singular and defining force in\u003cbr\u003eAmerican history—a kind of Rosetta stone to understanding the Age of Trump. Yet\u003cbr\u003ewhile much remarked upon, they are, in fact, little examined, with the focus\u003cbr\u003ealmost always on Trump’s latest outrageous statement. But who are the tens of\u003cbr\u003ethousands of people who fill these arenas? What do they see in Trump? And what\u003cbr\u003ecurious alchemy—between leader and adoring crowd—happens there that might\u003cbr\u003eexplain Trump’s rise and powerful hold over both his base and the GOP?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo those on the left, the rallies are a Black Mass of\u003cbr\u003eAmerican politics at which Trump plays high priest, recklessly summoning the\u003cbr\u003edarkest forces within the nation. To the MAGA faithful, the rallies are a form\u003cbr\u003eof pilgrimage, a joyous ceremony that like all rituals binds people together\u003cbr\u003eand makes them feel a part of something bigger than themselves. Both sides\u003cbr\u003ewould acknowledge that this traveling roadshow is the pressurized, combustible\u003cbr\u003ecore of Trump’s political power, a meeting of the faithful where Trump is\u003cbr\u003eunshackled and his rhetoric reaches its most extreme, with downstream\u003cbr\u003econsequences for the rest of the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo date, no reporter has sought to understand the rallies as\u003cbr\u003ea sociological phenomenon examined from the bottom up. Hoffman has done just\u003cbr\u003ethis. He has stood in line for more than 170 hours with Trump’s most ardent\u003cbr\u003esuperfans and joined them at the very front row; he has traveled from Minnesota\u003cbr\u003eto Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and New Hampshire immersing himself in their\u003cbr\u003eculture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiar’s Circus\u003c\/em\u003e is a revelatory portrait of Trump’s America,\u003cbr\u003efrom one of our most intrepid journalists. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46803137069311,"sku":"9780063009776","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780063009776_s600x595.jpg?v=1780334672","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780063009776","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}