Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World by Klein, Naomi - 09/12/2023

Paperback. Like New.

Hardback. New. <p><b>*A gripping ride into the uncanny mirror world of our polarised culture, from the international bestselling author of </b><i><b>The Shock Doctrine*</b></i><br /><br /><b>What if you woke up one morning and found you'd acquired a double? Someone almost like you, and yet not you at all?</b><br /><br />When Naomi Klein discovered that a woman who shared her first name, but had radically different, harmful views, was getting chronically mistaken for her, it seemed too ridiculous to take seriously. Then suddenly it wasn't. She started to find herself grappling with a distorted sense of reality, becoming obsessed with reading the threats on social media, the endlessly scrolling insults from the followers of her doppelganger. Why had her shadowy other gone down such an extreme path? Why was identity - all we have to meet the world - so unstable?<br /><br />To find out, Klein decided to… Read More

Allen Lane, 2023. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 416 pages. 9.49x6.42x1.57 inches.

London: Allen Lane. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 399pp. 8vo. Paper over boards, stamped spine.Author has signed her name on the title page. Book is a stated UK first edition and has the number 001 on the copyright page. Book is bright, tight, clean, straight, unmarked, unclipped, and unread. The jacket has an archival Brodart protector. Gift quality. Contents: Introduction; Part One: Double Life; Part Two: Mirror World; Part Three: Shadow Lands; Part Four: Facing the Real; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Index.