{"product_id":"doppelganger","title":"Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNaomi Klein, author of era-defining bestsellers, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Shock Doctrine, This Changes Everything \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNo Logo, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eis back with her most compulsive and personal book yet: a revelatory journey into the mirror world of our polarised age\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Naomi Klein discovered that a woman who shared her first name, but had radically different, harmful views, was getting chronically mistaken for her, it seemed too ridiculous to take seriously. Then suddenly it wasn't. She started to find herself grappling with a distorted sense of reality, becoming obsessed with reading the threats on social media, the endlessly scrolling insults from the followers of her doppelganger. Why had her shadowy other gone down such an extreme path? Why was identity - all we have to meet the world - so unstable?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo find out, Klein decided to follow her double into a bizarre, uncanny mirror world: one of conspiracy theories, anti-vaxxers and demagogue hucksters, where soft-focus wellness influencers make common cause with fire-breathing far right propagandists (all in the name of protecting 'the children'). In doing so, she lifts the lid on our own culture during this surreal moment in history, as we turn ourselves into polished virtual brands, publicly shame our enemies, watch as deep fakes proliferate and whole nations flip from democracy to something far more sinister.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book for our age and for all of us; a deadly serious dark comedy which invites us to view our reflections in the looking glass. It's for anyone who has lost hours down an internet rabbit hole, who wonders why our politics has become so fatally warped, and who wants a way out of our collective vertigo and back to fighting for what really matters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e*WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e*THE INSTANT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e BESTSELLER*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eOBSERVER, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAND \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePROSPECT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘If I had to name a single book that makes sense of these last few dark years, it would be this one’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A deeply compelling read … urgent and necessary’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA brilliant interrogation\u003c\/span\u003e and analysis of the disturbing fissures and extreme factions evident in our politics and culture at the moment. \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEveryone should read it\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e― \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBernardine Evaristo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIt’s the perfect non-fiction book\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-- Sathnam Sanghera ― \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Statesman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDazzling and erudite ... There is something hopeful in this project, in its sheer intellectual ambition and range, its effort to pick apart and decipher the absurdities and ironies of our political derangement, which almost no other writer could pull off. \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIf I had to name a single book that makes sense of these last few dark years, it would be this one.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e― \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA deeply compelling read, one which feels urgent and necessary as we enter yet another period of political strife\u003c\/span\u003e. In \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDoppelganger\u003c\/span\u003e, Klein gives shape and context to that apocalyptic mindset – and implores us to offer up an alternative. \u003cstrong\u003e― \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA book of surprising insights, unexpected connections and great subtlety \u003c\/span\u003e... \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDoppelganger\u003c\/span\u003e is really a story of political and psychic confusion ... True to form, Klein’s ultimate message is \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003elog off and get on to the streets.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-- William Davies ― \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince reading \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDoppelganger\u003c\/span\u003e, I have talked about it at least once a week. Friends and family, wearied into submission, have either read it or, very possibly, pretended to have read it to shut me up. \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWith this book, Naomi Klein is asking the key questions that underpin the crises that engulf us\u003c\/span\u003e. How do we combat online radicalisation? How do we rebuild communities in the face of despotic governments and the climate crisis? A case of mistaken identity leads her down the disinformation rabbit hole, prompting questions that she tackles with her \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ecustomary insight, empathy and exquisite prose.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis is the essential book for our times.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-- Nish Kumar\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI’ve been raving about Naomi Klein’s \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDoppelganger\u003c\/span\u003e ... \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eI can’t think of another text that better captures the berserk period we’re living through.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-- Michelle Goldberg ― \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt begins as a pandemic memoir on the doppelganger theme: Klein is confused with feminist-turned-conspiracy theorist Naomi Wolf. Then it becomes a\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e painful investigation into what drives people to the dark side \u003c\/span\u003eof the political spectrum. It’s \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ea vulnerable exploration of the leftwing political movement and the shadowlands of the west\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-- Jenny Hval ― \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA deeply insightful inquiry\u003c\/span\u003e into the ways in which the technology that drives our lives increasingly demands mirror-image doubles, tribal combatants to fuel a divided culture ... \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ea powerful antidote. \u003c\/span\u003eIn articulating and examining some of the darker forces of the world her “double” inhabits, Klein never forgets that the primary purpose of mirrors is actually self-reflection; to understand the other, you first have to know yourself. -- Tim Adams \u003cstrong\u003e― \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is the product of Klein’s fascination with her doppelgänger. 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