Books by Richard Beck and Complete Book Reviews
Richard Beck. PublicAffairs, $26.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-61039-287-7
N+1 editor Beck surveys the wild allegations, surreal trials, and sensational atmosphere of a child abuse panic that gripped the United States during the 1980s, while lucidly analyzing the intellectual and political climate that made it possible....
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Richard Beck. Fortress, $18.95 trade paper (150p) ISBN 978-1-5064-3376-9
Mixing biography, theology, social justice, and music history, prison chaplain Beck (Stranger God) unpacks the meaning behind the music and lyrics of singer-songwriter Johnny Cash (1932–2003) in this wonderful work. Organizing the biographical...
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Richard Beck. Crown, $33 (592p) ISBN 978-0-593-24022-9
The racism, anxiety, tolerance for violence, and government unaccountability normalized by the “war on terror” led to the populist disaffection that brought Donald Trump to power, according to this sprawling study. Beck (We Believe the Children), a...
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