false 3 1 1 true 6152299 read 0 true 282008 currently-reading 0 true 282007 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23841969 to: Smells Like Dead Elephants: Dispatches from a Rotting Empire (Paperback) by Matt Taibbi
This is a well-written and hilarious/terrifying inside view of US politics. Matt Taibbi writes great pointed essays in which, for example, he is as disturbed by spending 3 days in Congress as he is spending 3 days in Abu Ghraib. Now, Taibbi is certainly no Hunter S. Thompson, but his grotesque descriptions of tie-choked, sweat-soaked, jowl-mongering politicias and his searing disdain for the "powers that be" make this book a natural successor to Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72. Highly recommended as long as you think you can make it through a whole book about the sorry state of US politics without succumbing to abject hopelessness and despair. ]]>