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Crooked
Austin Grossman
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Description for Crooked
Paperback. The real Cold War was between the living and the dead.. and America's worst president was its last line of defense in this amazingly bold counter-historical satire in which twentieth-century politics meets Lovecraft. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 254.
This is the story of the great con game that was the late twentieth century, of American history's worst presidency, of how I learned to lie. It is not history as you know it. There are at least three sides to this story, and I'm telling both of mine. I promise you I will show the same contempt for the historical record that it has shown for me. My name is Richard Milhous Nixon. I swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, and I have seen the devil walk. ... Read more
This is the story of the great con game that was the late twentieth century, of American history's worst presidency, of how I learned to lie. It is not history as you know it. There are at least three sides to this story, and I'm telling both of mine. I promise you I will show the same contempt for the historical record that it has shown for me. My name is Richard Milhous Nixon. I swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, and I have seen the devil walk. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
254g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444730005
SKU
V9781444730005
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About Austin Grossman
Austin Grossman is a video game design consultant and the author of CROOKED, YOU and Soon I Will Be Invincible. His writing has appeared in Granta, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. Visit his website at austingrossman.com or follow him on Twitter @Austin_Grossman.
Reviews for Crooked
A fiendishly entertaining book... The imaginative power Grossman deploys in Crooked is staggering.
Bookpage
A funny, intelligent fictional take on Nixon, in which our man has a lot more than dark omens, Dan Rather and subpoenas to worry about... clever.
Dallas News
Grossman's vision of the secret history of Richard M. Nixon is as eerie and ... Read more
Bookpage
A funny, intelligent fictional take on Nixon, in which our man has a lot more than dark omens, Dan Rather and subpoenas to worry about... clever.
Dallas News
Grossman's vision of the secret history of Richard M. Nixon is as eerie and ... Read more