Kyle Harrison
to-read
Blowout
Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
- Author
- Rachel Maddow
- Published
- 2019
- Pages
- 432
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Maddow’s account of the oil and gas industry as a political actor — how petro-wealth hollows out the states that hold it, Russia and Oklahoma alike.
Where I saw it: Shown on the climate shelf in the Barnes & Noble Huntington Beach store account’s BookTok video (@bnhuntingtonbeach) — “our personal syllabus for this semester as we say goodbye to tiktok” — saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Video: https://www.tiktok.com/@bnhuntingtonbeach/video/7461057163067165982
Connections
- Democracy — what the book says the industry corrodes.
- Climate Change — the background.