EAN: 9781529111583

THE UNWINDING - GEORGE PACKER KARTONIERT (TB)

*WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION*'A Great American Novel in the guise of a
Great Nonfiction Epic  The Unwinding asks...do we truly like the world we have made for
ourselves?' The TimesAmerica is in crisis. In the space of a generation the country has become
divided between winners and losers  with its political system on the verge of breakdown and its
people adrift amongst failing institutions.In The Unwinding  George Packer tells the human
story of America's vertiginous collapse. Dean Price is a sustainability evangelist in the rural
South  Tammy Thomas  a factory worker trying to survive the collapse of the Rust Belt  Jeff
Connaughton  a political careerist in Washington  and Peter Thiel  a controversial Silicon
Valley billionaire. Journeying across three decades  Packer weaves the stories of these four
Americans together to paint a rich  complex and compelling portrait of contemporary America as
it stands at this  its most pivotal moment.'Hums - with sorrow  with outrage and with
compassion... Close to a non-fiction masterpiece' The New York Times

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