Author(s): Phillips, Tom,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 20/08/2020,
Pagination: 304 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Wildfire,
Published By: Headline Publishing Group,
Book Classification: Social & cultural history, History of ideas, Humour, General & world history 
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781472263209

Description:

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?