Truth

A Brief History of Total Bullsh*t

Tom Phillips author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Headline Publishing Group

Published:26th Sep '19

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Truth cover

'TOM PHILLIPS IS A VERY CLEVER, VERY FUNNY MAN' Greg Jenner

This is a book about TRUTH - and all the ingenious ways, throughout history, that we've managed to avoid it.

We live in a 'post-truth' age, we're told. The US has a president who openly lies on a daily basis (or who doesn't even know what's true, and doesn't care). The internet has turned our everyday lives into a misinformation battleground. People don't trust experts any more.

But was there ever really a golden age of truth-telling? As the editor of the UK's leading independent fact-checker, Tom Phillips deals with complete bollocks every day. Here, he tells the hilarious story of how we humans have spent history lying to each other - and ourselves - and asks an important question: how can humanity move towards a truthier future?

PRAISE FOR HUMANS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOW WE F*CKED IT ALL UP:

'This book is brilliant. Utterly, utterly brilliant' Jeremy Clarkson, author of The World According to Clarkson

'F*cking brilliant' Sarah Knight, author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck

'Very funny' Mark Watson, author of Eleven

'In dark times, it's reassuring to learn that we've always been a bunch of clueless f*cking nitwits' Stuart Heritage, author of Don't Be a Dick, Pete

'A light-touch history of moments when humans have got it spectacularly wrong... Both readable and entertaining' Telegraph

For Tom Phillips and HUMANS:
This book is brilliant. Utterly, utterly brilliant. Apart from the epilogue which is idiotic. -- Jeremy Clarkson
In dark times, it's reassuring to learn that we've always been a bunch of clueless f*cking nitwits -- Stuart Heritage * Don't Be a Dick, Pete *
A light-touch history of moments when humans have got it spectacularly wrong... Both readable and entertaining * Telegraph *
If you find yourself looking at the news and wondering how humanity has got so many things wrong, over and over again, this book is a very funny answer to just that question' -- Mark Watson, comedian

ISBN: 9781472263193

Dimensions: 214mm x 134mm x 30mm

Weight: 300g

304 pages