Isham Cook
An endlessly fascinating writer, not so much for his astounding visions, as his inimitable style.
A long, dense book with highly original insights, but a second reading is required to make it all register in a coherent way.
Places the '60s riots in US cities in their historical context of entrenched American racism and updates to the present.
Key contemporary text on the prison-abolitionist movement, with controversial call to abolish the police as wel.
Timely account adopting a reasoned and reasonable position on the question of barbaric sex-offender laws in the US.
The story has potential but is mired in poor editing and the author's own rage, preventing him from gaining objectivity.
Long slog on every conceivable historical influence of Wagner and Wagnerism, could have been condensed a bit; I say this as a Wagner aficionado. Perhaps best suited to readers unfamiliar with the composer and his historical impact.
Astonishing, larger-than-life historical figure whom both Americans and Chinese know nothing about.
Well-written account of Trumpism but with too much focus on Trump and not enough on America's fascist underpinnings.
Useful history of China expat community in its heyday before the Xi era and censorship came crashing down.
