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"The implied narrative of this collection is the journalist's background, the imperial myths that helped to shape him, the impulse to exile and his encounter with the Reagan era. The background, the myths and the impulse to exile form the first three sections of this book, whose overall architecture will, I hope, give some sense of the terms in which I have viewed my trade."-Alexander Cockburn, from the introduction
A paperback first edition 1988, originally published 1987, Verso UK. Many of these essays appeared originally in The Village Voice, NYRB, Esquire, Harpers, The Nation, WSJ, New Statesman and LA Weekly.
Tanning to pages.