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Truth

A Brief History of Total Bullsh*t
  • Author
    • Tom Phillips
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'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 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:

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

'Very funny' Mark Watson

'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
  • Published: Aug 20 2020
  • Pages: 304
  • 196 x 128mm
  • ISBN: 9781472263209

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Press Reviews

  • For Tom Phillips and HUMANS:
  • Stuart Heritage

    Don't Be a Dick, Pete
    In dark times, it's reassuring to learn that we've always been a bunch of clueless f*cking nitwits
  • Telegraph
    A light-touch history of moments when humans have got it spectacularly wrong... Both readable and entertaining
  • Mark Watson, comedian

    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'