Doppelganger

Dazzling and erudite ... There is something hopeful in this project, in its sheer intellectual ambition and range, its effort to pick apart and decipher the absurdities and ironies of our political derangement, which almost no other writer could pull off. If I had to name a single book that makes sense of these last few dark years, it would be this one. * New York Times Book Review * A deeply compelling read, one which feels urgent and necessary as we enter yet another period of political strife. In Doppelganger, Klein gives shape and context to that apocalyptic mindset and implores us to offer up an alternative. * Evening Standard * A book of surprising insights, unexpected connections and great subtlety ... Doppelganger is really a story of political and psychic confusion ... True to form, Kleins ultimate message is log off and get on to the streets. -- William Davies * Guardian * Ive been raving about Naomi Kleins Doppelganger ... I cant think of another text that better captures the berserk period were living through. -- Michelle Goldberg * New York Times * A deeply insightful inquiry into the ways in which the technology that drives our lives increasingly demands mirror-image doubles, tribal combatants to fuel a divided culture ... a powerful antidote. In articulating and examining some of the darker forces of the world her double inhabits, Klein never forgets that the primary purpose of mirrors is actually self-reflection; to understand the other, you first have to know yourself. -- Tim Adams * The Observer * This book is the product of Kleins fascination with her doppelgnger. As she charts [Naomi] Wolfs journey towards extremism, Klein shines a light on the dangers of social media and the new world of online conspiracy theories. -- James Marriott * The Times Books of the Year * The most comforting book I read this year Naomi Kleins Doppelganger tells of her slightly paranoid obsession with Naomi Wolf, her conspiracy theorist double. Klein catches that sense that the world has become fictional, but she manages to stay sane, interesting and trenchantly political throughout. In difficult times, this feels very empowering. -- Anne Enright * The Observer Books of the Year * Wonderfully esoteric ... it expands into the territory of mass confusion: about politics, technology and what we can ever really know. * Prospect Books of the Year * This story of mistaken identity would on its own be gripping and revealing enough, both as a psychological study and for its explorations of the double in art and history, the disorienting effects of social media, and the queasy feeling of looking into a distorted mirror. But the larger subject of Doppelganger turns out to be a far more complex and consequential confusion ... A uniquely astute account of the scrambled political formations that have come out of the pandemic. -- Laura Marsh * The New Republic * Klein wields her polymathic expertise like a sword, slicing through the mirror world ... There's a lot going on in Doppelganger, yet somehow Klein ties it all together into what we seem to be lacking as individuals: a cohesive whole. Doppelganger is both timely and timeless, a work in a grand tradition. * LA Times * Like your smartest friend guiding you through a rather knotty personal conundrum that just happens to involve the most pressing issues of our age. * Irish Independent * International bestseller Naomi Klein returns with her attempt to make sense of what has been a wild and bizarre few years ... Everything you have been afraid to do a real deep-dive into, Klein goes right in and what she comes up with is equally fascinating and terrifying. * The Examiner * Naomi Klein masterfully weaves her way through anti-vaxxers, wellness influencers and alt-right demagogues, attempting to make sense of the conspiratorial turn in contemporary politics ... far reaching and relentlessly incisive. -- Paula Lacey * The Skinny Books of the Year *

Naomi Klein is the award-winning author of international bestsellers including This Changes Everything, The Shock Doctrine, No Logo, No Is Not Enough, and On Fire, which have been published in more than thirty-five languages. She is an associate professor in the department of geography at the University of British Columbia, the founding co-director of UBC's Centre of Climate Justice, and an honorary professor of Media and Climate at Rutgers University. Her writing has appeared in leading publications around the world, and she has just launched a regular column for The Guardian.