The late Will Eisner - pioneer of the comic novel - examines the outrageous fabrication of 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' in a work more disturbing than fiction.
The text, ostensibly narrated by a Jewish leader, describes this plan in detail, relying on centuries-old anti-Jewish tropes, and including lengthy expositions on monetary, media, and electoral manipulation.
Reading these essays is to experience the pleasure of watching a remarkable critic grapple with the curious and the everyday, and make both speak to the question between the quotation marks: 'Who are we now?'
A rollicking, riveting tour de force that does for the media business what "Primary Colors" did for politics, and promises to be one of the most talked about and controversial books of the year.
Foster shows how he investigated an Elizabethan murder mystery and proved a forgotten poem was written by William Shakespeare, identified "Anonymous", the author of "Primary Colors", and helped the prosecution prove that the Unabomber's ...