Marries the best instincts of explanatory narrative journalism with uncompromising moral clarity ... a vital account of police violence. Taibbi, through thorough reporting and captivating writing, captures the totality of an American tragedy

[A] brilliant work of narrative nonfiction ... a necessary and riveting work

The narrative unfolds like an episode of The Wire. . . . Heartbreaking and compulsively readable

One of the most important voices in contemporary American journalism

[A] searing exposé … what emerges from the author's superb reporting and vivid writing is a tragically revealing look at a broken criminal justice system

Richly reported and evocative ... The result here is a vivid folk history that should prove useful to anyone who seeks to understand the world Eric Garner inhabited

Matt Taibbi is one of the few journalists in America who speaks truth to power

A complex and textured examination of the complicated personalities, flawed legal system, and politics revolving around the police killing of 43-year-old Eric Garner, whose final words became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Matt Taibbi is the best polemic journalist in America

Matt Taibbi is [Hunter S.] Thompson’s heir. . .

Taibbi may be the only political writer in America that matters

What Matt Taibbi does most beautifully, most necessarily, is he gives Eric Garner that thing the police who choked him to death that day -- and much of the media as well -- denied this man: His humanity. Through impeccable reporting, Taibbi reveals to us, finally, Eric Garner the man, the father, the lover, the friend.

An engrossing and provocative exploration of the many people, systems, and forces that helped to kill Eric Garner and all those who struggled in vain for justice to be done

A must-read for anyone interested in what gets excused in the name of 'law and order' ... an insightful, important account

[A] compelling autobiography... Hale reveals more than one might expect

Lady Hale... is a trailblazer for social reform. Her sharp intelligence and fierce work ethic are striking... Reading her autobiography makes one wish to know her as a person... She appears so very admirable for being oddly both self-effacing and feisty

[Wagner's] rare learning is skilfully deployed in this book

A brilliant and necessary book about the legal mechanism and human rights hangover of lockdown

Interesting and important ... Wagner is a fierce and effective critic

Anyone with an interest in the maintenance of good governance in a time of emergency will find much to ponder

Here, barrister Adam Wagner's emphasis is on the drastic impact lockdown had on our personal liberty and I hope some of his conclusion will be considered by government in the awful event of another such crisis occurring

'A pithy survey and review for non-lawyers of the two-year period when - but for the brief hiatus coming out of the first lockdown - virtually every aspect of the public's behaviour was indeed the subject of the criminal law ... Emergency State is a stress test for liberal democracy and human rights'

An informative and important opening step towards what must become a global debate as to how th eworld should respond to future pandemics of the internet age

A brilliant analysis... Emergency State is a wake-up call that reaches far beyond Covid. It identifies the toxic mix of factors that are eroding liberty in Britain as we speak

A brillliant analysis of how Covid was used to erode civil liberaties and sideline Parliament ... Emergency State is a wake-up call that reaches far beyond Covid. It identifies the toxic mix of factors that are eroding liberty in Britain as we speak.

An excellent detective novel. The opening scene is superb, and sets up the story beautifully. Gripping, multi-layered and fresh. Terrifc