{"product_id":"book-j8zw","title":"Tell Me Something, Tell Me Anything, Even If It's a Lie","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exhilarating journey through the world of books, featuring personal reflections on Susan Sontag, Huey Newton, Barbra Streisand, W. G. Sebald, and Christopher Hitchens.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn on the West Coast, the son of Bronx-born parents, Steve Wasserman is a generalist and public intellectual but is perhaps less well known as a cultural essayist and social critic of the first rank. In thirty splendid essays, originally published in such diverse publications as \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Conservative\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Progressive\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, Wasserman delivers a riveting account of the awakening of an empathetic sensibility and a lively mind. Taken together, they reveal the depth and breadth of his enthusiasms and range over politics, literature, and the tumults of a world in upheaval.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese essays include the remarkable tale of a bookstore owner who wouldn't let him buy the books he wanted, to his brave against-the-grain take on the Black Panthers, to his shrewd assessment of the fast-changing world of publishing. Here is, as Joyce Carol Oates notes, \"arguably the very best concise history of Cuba and the legendary Fidel Castro; beautifully composed eulogies for two close friends, Susan Sontag and Christopher Hitchens; sharply perceptive commentary on Daniel Ellsberg; a thrillingly candid interview with W. G. Sebald.\"","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49280341442864,"sku":"BDj8zw","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49280341475632,"sku":"ZEj8zw","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49280341508400,"sku":"ZMj8zw","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/j8zw-Square-cover.jpg?v=1780517122","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-j8zw","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}