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Sonny Bunch's Top Book Recommendations

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White

Combining personal reflection and social observation, Bret Easton Ellis's first work of nonfiction is an incendiary polemic about this young century's failings, e-driven and otherwise, and at once an example, definition, and defense of what "freedom of speech" truly means.

Bret Easton Ellis has wrestled with the double-edged sword of fame and notoriety for more than thirty years now, since Less Than Zero catapulted him into the limelight in 1985, earning him devoted fans and, perhaps, even fiercer enemies. An enigmatic figure who has always gone against the grain and refused...
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Alexander StubbIn Finland ongoing discussion about freedom of speech, self-sensorship and political correctness. Important, even if Finland often top 1-3 press freedom. May I recommend @BretEastonEllis latest book called White. Thought provoking. Interesting. https://t.co/26QJjR3krn (Source)

Cathy NewmanJust interviewed @BretEastonEllis about his fascinating new book White which talks about the adverse effect of the “cult of likeability” on social media. So I thought it only appropriate that I make myself look as unlikeable as possible. Let’s see how many likes I get - ha ha! https://t.co/mmxHcb0QsW (Source)

Sonny BunchI liked “White” a bit more than Wolcott did (though, like him, I much preferred the more insightful first half of the book to the lazier second half), but this is spot on. https://t.co/4AiL3T9dej https://t.co/9p6JeIT2c6 (Source)

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From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of 1999—arguably the most groundbreaking year in American cinematic history.

In 1999, Hollywood as we know it exploded: Fight Club. The Matrix. Office Space. Election. The Blair Witch Project. The Sixth Sense. Being John Malkovich. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. American Beauty. The Virgin Suicides. Boys Don’t Cry. The Best Man. Three Kings. Magnolia. Those are just some of the landmark titles released in a dizzying movie year, one in which a group of daring filmmakers and...
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Recommended by Adnan Virk, Sonny Bunch, and 2 others.

Adnan VirkTremendous book with fantastic anecdotes. Chatting with @BrianRaftery 9-10 on @CinephilePod https://t.co/kZPsTcwBVM (Source)

Sonny BunchThe book is quite entertaining, btw. I highly recommend checking it out! https://t.co/IbIVGphqf4 (Source)

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