This will be a pretty short review
since I didn’t finish the book. However, it’s not really negative. It’s just that I thought the book would be something other than what it is. I was expecting an inside look or journalism expose of the production of bullshit
. How and why do the powers that be create and manipulate us. Rather, it’s more of a series of essays on various forms of bullshit, with various statistics thrown in. However, it’s written from an outsider leftist former activist’s viewpoint, making it more of a polemic than a documentary. After reading No Logo, I just am not in the mood for another polemic of this sort. So I’ve put the book down, and it’s going on the pile of stuff to give away.
Title: Your call is important to us: the truth about bullshit
Author: Laura Penny
Imprint / publisher: Three Rivers Press / Crown / Random House
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2006
Length: 256 p.
ISBN-10: 1-4000-8104-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-8104-2
Subject: Progaganda
Subject: Public relations
Subject: Advertising
Subject: Deception
Subject: Manipulative behavior
LC classification: HM1231.P46 2005
