{"product_id":"interesting-times-writings-from-a-turbulent-decade-paperback","title":"Interesting Times: Writings from a Turbulent Decade - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Packer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 2013 National Book Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout his career as a journalist, George Packer has always been attuned to the voices and stories of individuals caught up in the big ideas and events of contemporary history. \u003ci\u003eInteresting Times \u003c\/i\u003eunites brilliant investigative pieces such as Betrayed, about Iraqi interpreters, with personal essays and detailed narratives of travels through war zones and failed states. Spanning a decade that includes the September 11, 2001 attacks and the election of Barack Obama, Packer brings insight and passion to his accounts of the war on terror, Iraq, political writers, and the 2008 election. Across these varied subjects a few key themes recur: the temptations and dangers of idealism; the moral complexities of war and politics; the American capacity for self-blinding and self-renewal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether exploring American policies in the wake of September 11, tracking a used T-shirt from New York to Uganda, or describing the ambivalent response in Appalachia to Obama, these essays hold a mirror up to our own troubled times and showcase Packer's unmistakable perspective, which is at once both wide-angled and humane.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGEORGE PACKER\u003c\/b\u003e is a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq\u003c\/i\u003e, which received several prizes and was named one of the ten best books of 2005 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of two novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Half Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCentral Square\u003c\/i\u003e, and two other works of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eBlood of the Liberals\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2001 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eThe Village of Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e. His play, \u003ci\u003eBetrayed\u003c\/i\u003e, ran for five months in 2008 and won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eOur Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.7 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 09, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45335958782054,"sku":"9780374532529","price":39.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/bnpVQ1JJbTlmUThlYXhzYmNjamdpQT09.webp?v=1774597768","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/interesting-times-writings-from-a-turbulent-decade-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}