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In "DAYS OF DESTRUCTION, DAYS OF REVOLT" (Random House Canada; June 12, 2012), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges and American Book Award-winning graphic artist Joe Sacco offer an illustrated exposé of how corporate greed and government indifference have unleashed unbridled socio-economic decay in the United States. With uncompromising portraits of the often forgotten underclass that subsists at the lowest rank of American life, Hedges and Sacco put forth a searing indictment of the human, ecological, and moral costs of the excesses of unregulated corporate capitalism. Turning its gaze to the still active Occupy movement, this stirring testament to the need for radical change provides an eye-opening, often shocking vision of the way we live now.

A blend of investigative reportage and graphic narrative, "DAYS OF DESTRUCTION, DAYS OF REVOLT" focuses on five disenfranchised segments of the American story. Unlike any other study of the current dilemma, this publication takes a singular approach that is steeped in unimpeachable research and yet put a very human face on the problems that none of us should be permitted to ignore. The pain and despair that Hedges and Sacco capture in both word and image is a palpable reminder that we cannot continue on this road.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Chris Hedges, a senior fellow at the Nation Institute and "Truthdig" columnist, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist. His books include "War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning," "American Fascists," and "Empire of Illusion." He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

Joe Sacco is one of the world’s foremost cartoonists and the creator of war-reportage comics. He is the author of a number of illustrated books including "Palestine," which received the American Book Award, "Fixer," "Safe Area Gorazde," and "Footnotes in Gaza," which won the Ridenhour Book Prize. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

ABOUT THE BOOK:
DAYS OF DESTRUCTION, DAYS OF REVOLT
By Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco
Published by Random House Canada
Publication Date: June 12, 2012
$28.95C ∙ Trade Paperback ∙ 320 pages
www.daysofdestructiondaysofrevolt.com

For more information about this publication, please contact Sheila Kay, 416 957 1570, skay@randomhouse.com. For more information about this event, please contact the Centre for the Study of the United States at: csus@utoronto.ca, or call 416-946-8972.

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