What Just Happened Av Charles Finch

<b>With unwavering humanity and light-footed humor, this intimate account of the interminable year of 2020 offers commentary on the COVID-19 pandemic, protests for racial justice, the U.S. presidential election, and more, all with a miraculous dose of groundedness in head-spinning times. From the award-winning book critic and best-selling author.</b><br><br><b>"This book is so funny and so true. Charles Finch unpacks a year of plague, fear, shameless venality, and dizzying stupidity with an irrepressible wit and surgically precise cultural observations. I didn''t know how badly I needed exactly this. Maybe you do too?" —Joe Hill, author of <i>Heart-Shaped Box</i></b><br> <br>In March 2020, at the request of the <i>Los Angeles Times,</i> Charles Finch became a reluctant diarist: As California sheltered in place, he began to write daily notes about the odd ambient changes in his own life and in the lives around him. The result is <i>What Just Happened.</i><br> <br>In a wa