Trick Mirror Reflections on Self-Delusion

- REMAINDER MARKED TITLE - A Times book of the yearA Guardian book of the year?Magnificent The Times?Dazzling New Statesman?It filled me with hope Zadie Smith We are living in the era of the self in an era of malleable truth and widespread personal and political delusion. In these nine interlinked essays Jia Tolentino the New Yorkers brightest young talent explores her own coming of age in this warped and confusing landscape.From the rise of the internet to her own appearance on an early reality TV show; from her experiences of ecstasy ? both religious and chemical ? to her uneasy engagement with our cultures endless drive towards ?self-optimisation from the phenomenon of the successful American scammer to her generations obsession with extravagant weddings Jia Tolentino writes with style humour and a fierce clarity about these strangest of times.Following in the footsteps of American luminaries such as Susan Sontag Joan Didion and Rebecca Solnit yet with a voice and vision all her own Jia Tolentino writes with a rare gift for elucidating nuance and complexity coupled with a disarming warmth. This debut collection of essays announces her exactly the sort of voice we need to hear from right now ? and for many years to come.