Authenticity Hoax

<p>A totally real genuine authentic book about why you shouldn't believe any of those words. And it's genuinely good. <br />-- Gregg Easterbrook author of <em>Sonic Boom</em> </p><p>Exploring a number of trends in our popular culture--from Sarah Palin to <em>Antiques Roadshow</em> organic food to the indignation over James Frey's memoir--Andrew Potter follows his successful <em>Nation of Rebels</em> with a new book that argues that our pursuit of the authentic is fraught with irony and self-defeat. Readers of <em>The Paradox of Choice</em> or <em>Bowling Alone</em> will find many enlightening insights in <em>The Authenticity Hoax</em> which is in the words of Tom de Zengotita (<em>Mediated</em>) the kind of criticism that changes minds.</p>