Big news for HCI – Going Rouge hits bookstores!

December 1, 2009 at 11:40 am

Sarah Palin – An American Nightmare

Edited by Richard Kim and Betsy Reed

“A superb collection . . . an engaging read from start to finish. . . . You will read far more about the real Sarah Palin in Going Rouge than you ever will in her own memoirs.” – Geoffrey Dunn, The Huffington Post

“The only original and revealing Sarah Palin book on the market. Accept no imitations!” – Naomi Klein, author The Shock Doctrine

“Sarah Palin’s clear goal is to put herself in the middle of the political debate as a serious person. The book is saying GIVE ME A BREAK!” – Star Jones on The Insider, CBS

HCI Books is proud to announce that they have acquired publishing rights to the controversial new book, Going Rouge: Sarah Palin – An American Nightmare. As of December 1, 2009, the book will be available in bookstores everywhere as well as online.

“This title, although outside our usual publishing perimeters, presented an exciting and interesting challenge,” said Peter Vegso, HCI president and publisher. “We’ve also brought this book to market in record time thanks to our talented and hard-working staff and our in-house printing capabilities.”

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Sarah Palin has many faces: hockey mom, fundamentalist Christian, sex symbol, Republican ideologue, fashion icon, “maverick” populist. Her multi-dimensional appeal led a desperate John McCain to pick the little-known Alaskan governor as his running mate in the late summer of 2008.

Ever since, Palin has been an American obsession. From her car crash interview with Katie Couric, and her appearance with baby Trig and the “first dude” at the Republican national convention, to her surprise resignation as governor and rumored presidential ambitions, she continues to command center stage. But who, exactly, is she?

This smart, up-to-the-minute book explores questions such as: What was Palin doing before she exploded on the national scene? What does her rise mean for the Republican Party, and for feminism? Does Palin’s brand of down-home right-wing populism represent a still-resilient strain of American politics? And if her pro-war, pro-corporate, anti-choice, anti-environment policies became reality, what sort of world would we be living in?

It also includes a selection of classic Palinisms: remember, “Only dead fish go with the flow.”

Edited by Richard Kim and Betsy Reed, two senior editors at The Nation magazine, Going Rouge features writers including: Max Blumenthal, Joe Conason, Eve Ensler, Michelle Goldberg, Christopher Hayes, Jim Hightower, Naomi Klein, John Nichols, Rick Perlstein, Katha Pollitt, Robert Reich, Hanna Rosin, Frank Rich, Hanna Rosin, Gloria Steinem, Matt Taibbi, Michael Tomasky, Rebecca Traister, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Patricia Williams, JoAnn Wypijewski and Gary Younge.

Going Rouge

Sarah Palin – An American Nightmare

Edited by Richard Kim and Betsy Reed

In stores: December 1 2009

Paperback $15.95

336 pages

(ISBN: 0-7573-1524-)

Is this not the coolest thing ever?

Note: Book will also be available on amazon.com later today.