{"product_id":"g-man-j-edgar-hoover-the-making-of-the-american-century","title":"G-Man: J Edgar Hoover \u0026  The Making of the American Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography 2023\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2023 Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWinner of the American History Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2023 PEN\/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When he became director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover transformed a failing law-enforcement backwater into a modern machine. He stayed in power for decades, and created a personal fiefdom unrivalled in US history.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this masterful, multi-award-winning biography, Beverley Gage explores the full sweep of Hoover's life and career. In Gage's portrait, Hoover was a man admired by millions, but was also a formidable public figure who intimidated his enemies, excluded minorities from his great American project and created the foundations of the US far right.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e G-Man is a dramatic portrait of one of America's most influential - and controversial - public figures. It is also an engrossing story of the making of modern America.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Revelatory'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Astonishing'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Masterful...This book is an enduring, formidable accomplishment, a monument to the power of biography [that] now becomes the definitive work'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43850120396997,"sku":"","price":47.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/G-Man_574aac12-c352-458b-9c59-75c7ec3a47ba.jpg?v=1721167756","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/g-man-j-edgar-hoover-the-making-of-the-american-century","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}