Nobody Hates Trump More Than Trump, David Shields
Nobody Hates Trump More Than Trump, David Shields
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Nobody Hates Trump More Than Trump
An Intervention

Author: David Shields

Narrator: Paul Heitsch

Unabridged: 4 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/12/2019


Synopsis

NOBODY HATES TRUMP MORE THAN TRUMP: AN INTERVENTION is perhaps the only genuinely original thing you have read yet about Donald Trump. It can be read in a variety of ways: as a psychological investigation of Trump, as a philosophical meditation on the relationship between language and power, as a satirical compilation of the “collected wit and wisdom of Donald Trump,” and above all as a dagger into the rhetoric of American political discourse—a dissection of the politesse that gave rise to and sustains Trump. The book’s central thesis is that we have met the enemy and he is us. Who else but David Shields would make such an argument, let alone pull it off with such intelligence, brio, and wit, not to mention leaked off-air transcripts from Fox News?
------------- PRAISE -------------Brian Fawcett, Dooney’s Cafe“The best book, so far, on the political and cultural implications of Trump’s presidency. Shields has the widest range of curiosity of any American writer I’m aware of, and he almost never wastes your time. He nails what’s off-kilter and crazy about Donald Trump and the political psychosis he represents at least a hundred times, and in dozens of insightful ways. Shields is good enough, in this book, to earn the designation of being the writer most likely to be picked up and murdered should either right- or left-wing fundamentalists take power in the United States. This is a designation that hasn’t been conferred on an American writer since Philip K. Dick. What I’m saying is that Shields is that good. He is one of a very small group of true 21st century writers worthy of the tag, and I salute him as a master.”
Jeff Simon, Buffalo News“You're unlikely to encounter another book so recklessly and unpredictably full of insight, even wisdom. Shields is the most exciting writer we have in America at the moment, the most startling and innovative.”
Tim DeneviLitHub, Favorite Books of 2018“A fantastic read.”
Neal Thompson, Seattle Spokesman-ReviewFavorite Books of 2018
Toby Lichtig, TLS“Often brilliant.”
Moshe Schulman, The Rumpus“A sobering, nuanced, and—at times—brutally funny—psychological investigation into why Trump resonates with all, even the people who hate him.”
Cathy Alter, Washington [D.C.] Independent Review“A mesmerizing study of power, how it isolates, how it infantalizes, how it amplifies our collective fears.”
Kirkus Reviews“A compelling book offering something to offend nearly anyone.”
Publishers Weekly“Shields weaves together wry observations.”
Shannon Laster, Open Letters Review“Shields’s short book delivers the goods.”
Neal McNamara, Patch“Nobody Hates Trump More Than Trump has something new to say.”

About David Shields

David Shields is the author of fifteen books, including the New York Times bestseller The Thing About Life Is That One Day You’ll Be Dead; Reality Hunger, named one of the best books of 2010 by more than thirty publications; and Black Planet, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His work has been translated into twenty languages.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kent on December 17, 2018

Much of the words spilled on Trump miss the literary nuance and Shields draws out a portrait much like a literary pointillist, no one point being sufficient to explain the uniquely human phenomenon of the United States electorate and their President, but when gathered together, it sort of looks like......more

Goodreads review by Dewitt on September 27, 2018

As a David Shields fan, I downloaded Does Anybody Hate Trump More than Trump?: An Intervention as soon as it was released. Shields here is as truculent as a post-mod H.L. Menken. He investigates the malaise that Trump’s popularity represents and asks what is Trump’s “essential wound,” which we someh......more

Goodreads review by Ramón on September 22, 2021

Bueno, es un ensayo con sucesos, anécdotas y declaraciones en torno a Trump que el autor ha ido recopilando y sobre las que va escribiendo. Da una muy buena idea de lo enloquecida que es la sociedad que acabó votando a Trump, su entorno y él mismo. Soy mucho menos fan del psicoanálisis de andar por c......more

Goodreads review by James on October 25, 2018

This is the first Trump-focused book I have bought since his election to the presidency. I read a page or two in a bookstore and liked the author's voice and thought it might be a good place to start. The book reads a bit like the President's Twitter feed: disjointed, always jumping from half-formed......more

Goodreads review by Christina on June 26, 2019

This book tries soooooooo hard, but is very disjointed and all over the place......more