I can imagine Greg Palast rummaging through piles of disorganized notes, recordings and pictures as he pieces together the morass that is corporate corruption in the fossil fuel and financial industries - with an ashtray full of half-smoked butts and a mostly empty bottle of Walker Blue (although I'm not sure he's a smoker). ;-) His writing is a little difficult to follow as he tries to recount the unbelievable with flair and humor. I had to remind myself constantly that I was reading a supposed work of non-fiction. Once I got into it - 100+ pages maybe - it was an enjoyable read and I ordered up another round of Palast...."Armed Madmen" and "Billionaires & Ballot Bandits". I'll take my Walker Black, thank you. ;-) See how it goes. At page 71 and having trouble telling how much is straight down the line and how much is crap. Would usually want a book that is meant to be an expose of something to be clearly and logically presenting information, evidence and conclusions but this looks unlikely. Without having any form of appendix to the book to check by cross referencing data it loses credability and becomes sort of black entertainment, which is I guess is what it is.Got to about page 100 and gave up. Would rather read a serious factual book or a clever humour one rather than a no mans land hybrid. The style almost gets there but for me, not quite.
If this book doesn't piss you off, then you are truly a dead inside 1%'er. (not the biker kind)
—zakron
A must read book of 2011 for those who would like to witness true journalism!
—keerthana
I think "we the people" don't know much (or as much as we think we do)
—kayjewel
Palast's best yet. This time, it's personal...
—rkersey
Yes!
—angeliaooi
