The Authenticity Hoax: How We Get Lost Finding Ourselves

Potter, Andrew

ISBN 10: 006125133X / ISBN 13: 9780061251337

Published by Harper (edition 1), 2010

About this Item

With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Seller Inventory # 006125133X-7-22-29

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Authenticity Hoax: How We Get Lost Finding Ourselves
• Publisher: Harper (edition 1)
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 006125133X
• ISBN 13: 9780061251337
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1.
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

About this title

Synopsis

“A totally real, genuine, authentic book about why you shouldn’t believe any of those words. And it’s genuinely good.”
— Gregg Easterbrook, author of Sonic Boom

Exploring a number of trends in our popular culture—from Sarah Palin to Antiques Roadshow, organic food to the indignation over James Frey’s memoir—Andrew Potter follows his successful Nation of Rebels with a new book that argues that our pursuit of the authentic is fraught with irony and self-defeat. Readers of The Paradox of Choice or Bowling Alone will find many enlightening insights in The Authenticity Hoax, which is, in the words of Tom de Zengotita (Mediated), “the kind of criticism that changes minds.”

About the Author

Andrew Potter is the coauthor of the international bestseller Nation of Rebels. A journalist, writer, and teacher, he lives in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter (@jandrewpotter).