{"product_id":"book-akex","title":"I Wear the Black Hat","description":"\u003cp\u003eChuck Klosterman has walked into the darkness. As a boy, he related to the cultural figures who represented goodness, but as an adult, he found himself unconsciously aligning with their enemies. This was not because he necessarily liked what they were doing; it was because they were doing it on purpose (and they were doing it better). They wanted to be evil. And what, exactly, was that supposed to mean? When we classify someone as a bad person, what are we really saying (and why are we so obsessed with saying it)? How does the culture of deliberate malevolence operate?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eI Wear the Black Hat\u003c\/i\u003e, Klosterman questions the modern understanding of villainy. What was so Machiavellian about Machiavelli? Why don't we see Bernhard Goetz the same way we see Batman? Who is more worthy of our vitriol—Bill Clinton or Don Henley? What was O. J. Simpson's \u003ci\u003esecond-worst \u003c\/i\u003edecision? And why is Klosterman still haunted by some kid he knew for one week in 1985?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMasterfully blending cultural analysis with self-interrogation and imaginative hypotheticals, \u003ci\u003eI Wear the Black Hat\u003c\/i\u003e delivers perceptive observations on the complexity of the antihero (seemingly the only kind of hero America still creates). \u003ci\u003eI Wear the Black Hat\u003c\/i\u003e is a rare example of serious criticism that's instantly accessible and really, really funny. Klosterman continues to be the only writer doing whatever it is he's doing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49347516465456,"sku":"BDakex","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/311116-akex-Square.jpg?v=1734207340","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-akex","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}