American Vertigo: Traveling to the Great & the Gross

This acclaimed, brilliant US travelogue vividly describes the extremes of American society. Filled with a dazzling and entertaining array of different characters - from film celebrities Woody Allen and Sharon Stone, to presidential hopefuls, prostitutes and psychotic convicts - Bernard-Henri Levy describes the US as no one has done before. Part on On the Road, part Easy Rider, American Vertigo illuminates the US that remains hidden from tourists and arm-chair travellers.