Trump and Me
by Mark Singer
Trump. 'The Trumpster', in his words. Mogul, showman, braggart, unrestrained id, possessor of reality-defying hair - and now potential leader of the free world. When New Yorker reporter Mark Singer set out to profile Donald Trump in the late nineties, spending months in his company, he had no idea how hideously fascinated he would become by the insane, hyperbolic smoke-and-mirrors world of the man who has everything - except an inner life. Or that, when his forensic, eye-wateringly funny piece was published, Trump would get his revenge, in sublimely deranged style. In Trump and Me, he reflects on his former subject's evolution from swaggering buffoon to threat to humanity, reveals what it's like to become his enemy, and marvels at his ultimate feat of performance art- going into politics.
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Author Biography
Mark Singer has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1974. He is the author of Funny Money and Somewhere in America. He lives in New York City.
Review
A lot of laughs ... A viciously entertaining demolition of the branding savant with the peach pompadour who was to become the Republican party nominee for the most powerful elected office in the world -- Hari Kunzru * Guardian *
If you're a Trumpwatcher, this book will fascinate you * Evening Standard *
Scathing, hilarious, cannily prescient ... Singer is excellent on both the absurdity and menace of his subject -- Toby Lichtig * Times Literary Supplement *
A classic of the genre * Vice *
Hilariously scathing * Observer *
Short but sweet ... An amusing but also terrifying portrayal of a narcissist, with only a fleeting grasp of reality, who could soon be the leader of the free world -- Rachel Sylvester * The Times *
Trump & Me offers clearer insight into the mind of the presumptive Republican nominee than any of the detailed biographies written over the years ... Very funny ... Singer is excellent at describing the disturbing strangeness of Trump's existence, and the precariousness of his assets -- Stephen Robinson * Telegraph *
The best, most insightful, and funniest portrait of Trump -- David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker
The measure of Donald Trump. Never equalled -- Lawrence Wright
Brilliant . . . amazingly relevant now -- James Fallows
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