{"product_id":"liars-circus-a-strange-and-terrifying-journey-into-the-upside-down-world-of-trumps-maga-rallies-2","title":"Liar's Circus: A Strange and Terrifying Journey Into the Upside-Down World of Trump's MAGA Rallies","description":"\"A brilliant, riveting, funny, terrifying journey into the beating heart of Trumpland.\" —Liza Mundy, author of Code Girls\nIn this daring work\nof immersive journalism, based on hundreds of hours of reporting, Carl Hoffman journeys deep inside Donald Trump’s rallies, seeking to understand the strange\nand powerful tribe that forms the president’s base.\nHoffman, who has written about the most dangerous and remote corners of the world, pierced this\nalternate society, welcomed in and initiated into its rites and upside-down\nbeliefs, and finally ushered to its inner sanctum. Equally freewheeling and\nprofound, Liar’s Circus tracks the MAGA\nfaithful across five thousand miles of the American heartland during a crucial arc\nof the Trump presidency stretching from the impeachment saga to the dawn of the\ncoronavirus pandemic that ended the rallies as we know it.\nTrump’s\nrallies are a singular and defining force in American history—a kind of Rosetta\nstone to understanding the Age of Trump. Yet while much remarked upon, they\nare, in fact, little examined, with the focus almost always on Trump’s latest\noutrageous statement. But who are the tens of thousands of people who fill these\narenas? What do they see in Trump? And what curious alchemy—between president\nand adoring crowd—happens there that might explain Trump’s rise and powerful\nhold over both his base and the GOP?\nTo\nthose on the left, the rallies are a Black Mass of American politics at which\nTrump plays high priest, recklessly summoning the darkest forces within the\nnation. To the MAGA faithful, the rallies are a form of pilgrimage, a joyous\nceremony that like all rituals binds people together and makes them feel a part\nof something bigger than themselves. Both sides would acknowledge that this\ntraveling roadshow is the pressurized, combustible core of Trump’s political\npower, a meeting of the faithful where Trump is unshackled and his rhetoric\nreaches its most extreme, with downstream consequences for the rest of the\nnation.\nTo\ndate, no reporter has sought to understand the rallies as a sociological\nphenomenon examined from the bottom up. Hoffman has done just this. He has\nstood in line for more than 170 hours with Trump's most ardent superfans and\njoined them at the very front row; he has traveled from Minnesota to Texas,\nLouisiana, Mississippi, and New Hampshire immersing himself in their\nculture.\n\n\n\nLiar’s Circus is a revelatory portrait of Trump’s America, from\none of our most intrepid journalists.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0063009765\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.0063009765.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Hoffman, Carl\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is a well used but readable copy. This is an ex-library book with stickers and markings. Integrity of the book is still intact with no missing pages. May have notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46704564338865,"sku":"RDV.0063009765.A","price":6.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/0063009765-0_aaaf8a03-5dae-4d44-8473-00cdc535e7d4.jpg?v=1773252048","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/liars-circus-a-strange-and-terrifying-journey-into-the-upside-down-world-of-trumps-maga-rallies-2","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}