The critically acclaimed American novelist and journalist's non-fiction is mined for its most powerful moments and arranged towards a statement on the rewards of sustained attention at odds with the frenetic pace of politics, culture and commerce. Touches on subjects diverse as Bernie Sanders, Thomas Pynchon, Aretha Franklin and the closing of Ringling Brothers over thirty essays and forty short interludes A wide-ranging, thought-provoking, and rule-bending selection of non-fiction from Joshua Cohen, 'a major American writer' (NEW YORK TIMES) - a powerful and fresh work of social criticism, examining the ways we can reclaim the power of attention in an age of constant distraction.
