{"product_id":"man-in-the-mirror-hope-struggle-and-belonging-in-an-american-city","title":"Man in the Mirror: Hope, Struggle, and Belonging in an American City","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tANAND GIRIDHARADAS is the \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Persuaders, Winners Take All, The True American, \u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eIndia Calling.\u003c\/i\u003e A former foreign correspondent and columnist for \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e for more than a decade, he has also written for \n\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Atlantic, \u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eTime, \u003c\/i\u003e and is the publisher of the newsletter \n\u003ci\u003eThe.Ink.\u003c\/i\u003e He is an on-air political analyst for MS NOW. He has received the Radcliffe Fellowship, the Porchlight Business Book of the Year Award, Harvard University's Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award for Humanism in Culture, and the New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"In \n\u003ci\u003eMan in the Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, Anand Giridharadas traces a legal battle that set safety and order for the majority against protection and care for the neediest. He writes with sympathy for both sides, recognizing despair among the advantaged and the powerless. This book's moral complexity feels especially urgent as polarization threatens to undermine territory far beyond Giridharadas's central narrative. This is a brave volume, profoundly researched, beautifully written, moving, and deeply felt.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Andrew Solomon, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFar From the Tree\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Noonday Demon, \u003c\/i\u003ea National Book Award Winner and Pulitzer Prize Finalist \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eMan in the Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping American tragedy--a profoundly human story of systemic failures, unequal judicial access, and the complexity of mental health care and individual choice. Anand Giridharadas captures how when rugged individualism, neoliberalism, and populism collide, people struggle to see each other until it is too late. Giridharadas is a powerful and compassionate writer of extraordinary conviction. This is a tremendous achievement.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Min Jin Lee, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003ePachinko, \u003c\/i\u003ea National Book Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Anand Giridharadas has done it again--making us think in new ways about the ever-sharper divisions of modern America. \n\u003ci\u003eMan in the Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force of sharp-eyed reporting, powerful narrative, and heartbreaking tragedy. Its cast of characters are riveting, their stories compelling, and the moral impact of what happened to them as inescapable as the tangled, troublesome times in which we now live. Brilliant and spellbinding.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Robert B. Reich, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eComing Up Short\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Like the very finest works of narrative nonfiction, \n\u003ci\u003eMan in the Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e is both riveting and deeply moving. Anand Giridharadas was on the ground from the very first days after the death of Jordan Neely and tirelessly and empathically followed the sprawling cast of characters involved through the verdict and its aftermath. In his deft hands, the tragic collision of an ex-Marine and a mentally ill homeless man on an uptown F train becomes a profound, lyrical meditation on the chasms dividing not only New York but all of America. It's hard to imagine a more timely book, or a more timeless one.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Jonathan Mahler, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gods of New York \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eMan in the Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply sobering reminder of all that is lost when a nation writes off its most vulnerable citizens as but a threat. A page-turner and a powerful wake-up call.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Heather Ann Thompson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBlood in the Water \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFear and Fury \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"Man in the Mirror \u003c\/i\u003eis a map: Anand Giridharadas's panoramic reporting on the death of Jordan Neely charts not only the forces of how systems operate in a city, but how individual people bring us closer to our common humanity--or pull us away from it. You can find so much of what you need to know here--and much more, depending on how brightly you want to shine the light.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of \u003ci\u003eRandom Family \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eMan in the Mirror \u003c\/i\u003eis the kind of humane, deeply reported, morally complex nonfiction that deserves to be called novelistic. It illuminates a world that was always right in front of me but I might not have wanted to see. Now I can't forget it.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e--George Packer, National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Unwinding\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eMan in the Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e is a crisply written and compelling journalistic deep dive--into the internecine politics in which the killing of Jordan Neely was used to advance other agendas, the many social institutions that were unable to help save Neely's troubled life, and a country at war with itself.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eRichard Price, author of\u003ci\u003e Lush Life \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Outstanding. . . . This is an indelible meditation on American inequality.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom acclaimed journalist Anand Giridharadas, a groundbreaking feat of reporting on a tragic encounter in a New York subway car that held up a mirror to a troubled and divided nation \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A tour de force of sharp-eyed reporting, powerful narrative, and heartbreaking tragedy. . . . Brilliant and spellbinding.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Robert B. Reich, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eComing Up Short\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2023, New York was already a city under strain, racked by panic about crime, mistrust of police, and a broken system of care for homeless and mentally ill people. Then the lives of two men--Jordan Neely, a homeless man known in better days for his Michael Jackson impersonations, and Daniel Penny, an ex-Marine who had moved to the city seeking more than Long Island could offer--collided tragically in the subway. In \n\u003ci\u003eMan in the Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning reporter and bestselling author Anand Giridharadas tells the riveting story of this deadly encounter and its aftermath, revealing through painstaking, on-the-ground reporting the depth of the rage, violence, and division that have defined 2020s America. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMan in the Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e recounts Neely's death and Penny's prosecution through the perspectives of an unforgettable cast of characters: among them, a lawyer avenging his failed campaign for district attorney; a Michael Jackson impersonator trying to make her mentee's death matter; a father who leads homeless outreach work even as his son languishes on the street; a city official struggling to enact a serious mental healthcare agenda under a scandal-plagued mayor. In weaving these individual experiences into a vivid, immersive narrative tapestry, Giridharadas delivers human dimension and complexity to a chapter of American history that has been so often served up as divisive clickbait. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once panoramic in its scope and finely detailed in its emotional immediacy, \n\u003ci\u003eMan in the Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force of narrative reporting and an indispensable portrait of an age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/15\/2026 (EAN 9780593802014, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/29\/2026 (EAN 9780593802014, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496181367062,"sku":"9780593802014","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780593802014.jpg?v=1783056849","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/man-in-the-mirror-hope-struggle-and-belonging-in-an-american-city","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}