Naomi Klein Doppelganger : A Trip Into the Mirror World Paperback Book

WINNER OF THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR NONFICTION THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE TIMES, NEW YORK TIMES, GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, AND PROSPECTIf I had to name a single book that makes sense of these last few dark years, it would be this one New York TimesA deeply compelling read ... urgent and necessary Evening StandardNaomi Klein, author of eradefining bestsellers, The Shock Doctrine, This Changes Everything and No Logo, is back with her most compulsive and personal book yet a revelatory journey into the mirror world of our polarised ageWhen 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 wasnt. 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?To find out, Klein decided to follow her double into a bizarre, uncanny mirror world one of conspiracy theories, antivaxxers and demagogue hucksters, where softfocus wellness influencers make common cause with firebreathing 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... | Naomi Klein Doppelganger : A Trip Into the Mirror World Paperback Book