{"product_id":"nothing-is-true-and-everything-is-possible-the-surreal-heart-of-the-new-russia-paperback","title":"Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia - 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\u003ePeter Pomerantsev\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia, where even dictatorship is a reality show\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Professional killers with the souls of artists, would-be theater directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, suicidal supermodels, Hell's Angels who hallucinate themselves as holy warriors, and oligarch revolutionaries: welcome to the wild and bizarre heart of twenty-first-century Russia. It is a world erupting with new money and new power, changing so fast it breaks all sense of reality, home to a form of dictatorship-far subtler than twentieth-century strains-that is rapidly rising to challenge the West. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When British producer Peter Pomerantsev plunges into the booming Russian TV industry, he gains access to every nook and corrupt cranny of the country. He is brought to smoky rooms for meetings with propaganda gurus running the nerve-center of the Russian media machine, and visits Siberian mafia-towns and the salons of the international super-rich in London and the US. As the Putin regime becomes more aggressive, Pomerantsev finds himself drawn further into the system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dazzling yet piercingly insightful, \u003ci\u003eNothing Is True and Everything Is Possible\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable voyage into a country spinning from decadence into madness.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Pomerantsev\u003c\/b\u003e is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute of Global Affairs at the London School of Economics, an author and TV producer. He studies propaganda and media development, and has testified on the challenges of information war to the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the UK Parliament Defense Select Committee. He writes for publications including \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic, Financial Times, London Review of Books, Politico\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others. His first book, \u003ci\u003eNothing is True and Everything is Possible\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2016 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, was nominated for the Samuel Johnson, Guardian First Book, Pushkin House and Gordon Burns Prizes. It is translated into over a dozen languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 10, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978528129325,"sku":"9781610396004","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/bzdTelJXbW8xamRXT2w5NXBIbHFtZz09.webp?v=1775805652","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/nothing-is-true-and-everything-is-possible-the-surreal-heart-of-the-new-russia-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}