Hillbilly Elegy

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J. D. Vance: Hillbilly Elegy (2016)

Langue : English

Publié 28 juin 2016

ISBN :
978-0-06-230054-6
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I was going to grudgingly give this book 4 stars, but I settled on 3 stars. Vance is a very good storyteller, and the audiobook was worth an Audible credit. I first learned about Hillbilly Elegy in the months prior to the 2016 election. The scathing review that [a:Sarah Smarsh|3314241|Sarah Smarsh|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1523224716p2/3314241.jpg] wrote convinced me to hold off: "Dangerous idiots: how the liberal media elite failed working-class Americans (The Guardian)". Her review convinced me that 1) I didn't need to read Hillbilly Elegy and 2) I wanted to read Smarsh's book if/when it came out (and it came out in 2018, and I really liked it).

My friends eventually convinced me to read it (or rather, listen to it). Vance is a more concise and organized storyteller than Smarsh, but Smarsh seems like a more trustworthy journalist. As many critics have pointed out about Vance, he seems …